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Kernel prediction with kernel dictionary in image denoising

US11783184B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 2022
Grant dateOct 10, 2023
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20084
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Certain embodiments involve techniques for efficiently estimating denoising kernels for generating denoised images. For instance, a neural network receives a noisy reference image to denoise. The neural network uses a kernel dictionary of base kernels and generates a coefficient vector for each pixel in the reference image such that the coefficient vector includes a coefficient value for each base kernel in the kernel dictionary, where the base kernels are combined to generate a denoising kernel and each coefficient value indicates a contribution of a given base kernel to a denoising kernel. The neural network calculates the denoising kernel for a given pixel by applying the coefficient vector for that pixel to the kernel dictionary. The neural network applies each denoising kernel to the respective pixel to generate a denoised output image.

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