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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Drs Rsta, Inc., Melbourne, FL (US);
David C. Hutchison, Plano, TX (US);
Douglas A. Blettner, Dallas, TX (US);
Henry W. Neal, Allen, TX (US);
Alfredo Mendez, Jr., Flower Mound, TX (US);
DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A system and method of image processing is provided, including implementing adaptive pixel replacement techniques or reducing noise. The method includes obtaining a data map of an image frame, wherein the data map comprises good pixels and bad pixels at locations associated with the data map. The method also includes assigning different techniques to the bad pixels, wherein a first technique is assigned to a first bad pixel and a second technique is assigned to a second bad pixel. The method further includes adjusting information associated with the bad pixels for a chosen technique for each of the bad pixels.