Mixed-element stitching and noise reduction system
US6781620B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 24, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0404
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mixed-element stitching and noise reduction system includes apparatus and methods for producing an image dataset having a reduced noise content without substantially impacting image reproduction accuracy. Such noise reduction is provided by replacing a portion of a first, higher noise image dataset with a portion of a second, lower noise dataset. In a preferred embodiment, two image datasets comprising a color-stitched image and a luminance image are received from a DFP image capturing system. The received images are preferably separately stitched and separately converted to a color-space in which a luminance data channel is separated from image color information. The luminance channel of the luminance image is then preferably substituted for the luminance channel of the color-stitched image. More preferably, a log-time stitching technique is used and the stitched images are each converted to an L*a*b* color space.
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