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US 2013/0278604 A1Published application
Super-resolution digital zoom
AssigneesSony Electronics Inc., Sony Corporation
InventorsNikolaos Georgis, Fredrik Carpio, Paul Jin Hwang
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Abstract
When a user selects digital zooming in a camera such as might be included in a wireless telephone or PDA, a series of images are automatically obtained and superimposed using super-resolution techniques to produce an improved digital zoom image transparently to the user.
Claims7
1-13. (canceled)
Apparatus, comprising:
- an imager;
- a display;
- and
- a processor configured for accessing instructions to configure the processor for combining at least two images derived from signals from the imager to render a modified digital zoom image from the at least two images, the modified zoom image having a higher resolution than at least one of the two images;
- and
- the processor when accessing the instructions being configured for sending to computer storage or to the display the modified digital zoom image, wherein the processor when executing the instructions renders the modified zoom image responsive to reception of a digital zoom command input to the apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.