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System and method for reducing digital image noise

US5091972A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 1990
Grant dateFeb 25, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20192
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention efficiently and quickly computes the fit parameters for a noise reduction method wherein a digital image is first decomposed into two types of regions; smooth regions and edge regions. Within the digitized image a plane fit parameter is computed at every point. The computation of the fit parameters incorporates convolutions carried out in an efficient manner by the use of a slide sum technique.

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