Digital image processing and systems incorporating the same
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsJon H. Bechtel, Jeremy C. Andrus, Tom B. Sherman
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Abstract
In at least one embodiment, a spectrally mozaiced digital image is provided with missing color data imputed for each pixel. At least one embodiment of the present invention is related to circuitry configured to perform at least a portion of the calculations related to demosaicing a high dynamic range image.
Claims82
An apparatus, comprising:
- an algorithm for calculating missing color data, said algorithm is configured to receive data associated with a spectrally mosaiced, high dynamic range, digital image and to calculate missing color data, said algorithm generates a plurality of product term multipliers that give improved performance, particularly in high contrast regions of the image.
An apparatus, comprising:
- electronic circuitry for performing at least a portion of the calculations associated with an algorithm for calculating missing color data, said algorithm is configured to receive data associated with a spectrally mosaiced, high dynamic range, digital image and to calculate missing color data, said algorithm utilizes an array of image related results that indicates selection of product term multipliers that give improved performance, particularly in high contrast regions of the image.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an algorithm for calculating missing color data, said algorithm is configured to receive data associated with a spectrally mosaiced, high dynamic range, digital image and to calculate missing color data, said algorithm generates an array of image related results that indicate selection of product term multipliers that give improved performance, particularly in high contrast regions of the image, said array of image related results of results is analyzed to detect features of said spectrally mosaiced, high dynamic range, digital image.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an algorithm for calculating missing color data, said algorithm is configured to receive data associated with a spectrally mosaiced, high dynamic range, digital image and to calculate missing color data, said algorithm generates an array of image related results that indicate selection of product term multipliers that give improved performance, particularly in high contrast regions of the image, said array of image related results of results are analyzed to detect features of said spectrally mosaiced, high dynamic range, digital image.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an algorithm for calculating missing color data, said algorithm is configured to receive data associated with a spectrally mosaiced, high dynamic range, digital image and to calculate missing color data, said algorithm generates a table that indicates selection of product term multipliers that give improved performance, particularly in high contrast regions of the image, said table of results are analyzed to detect features of said spectrally mosaiced, high dynamic range, digital image.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an algorithm for calculating missing color data, said algorithm is configured to receive a spectrally mosaiced, high dynamic range, digital image and to calculate missing color data, said algorithm implements an array of image related results that indicates selection of product term multipliers that give improved performance, particularly in high contrast regions of the image.
An apparatus, comprising an algorithm wherein a missing color value is calculated for a pixel location by an interpolation equation that is selected based on a direction of an edge feature in an image, wherein calculations performed by said interpolation equation is primarily based on values of eight spectrally mosaiced filtered pixels that are immediate neighbors of said pixel location and that include neighboring pixels with a spectral filter color that is different from said missing color value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.