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Reducing noise in digital images

US7813586B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 2006
Grant dateOct 12, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/67
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A target digital image is received from an image sensor. The image is contaminated by noise of unknown magnitude that is represented by a reference digital image. A process is applied that uses statistical analysis of the target digital image and of the reference digital image to estimate a magnitude of the noise for at least some pixels of the target digital image.

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