Method and apparatus for real time identification and correction of pixel defects for image sensor arrays
US7893972B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T5/77
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing system and method compares each pixel of an image obtained from an image sensor array with at least eight surrounding pixels of the same color in the filter array. If the signal of a given pixel is larger than the respective signals of all eight surrounding pixels of the same color, then the value of that central pixel signal is substituted with the maximum signal value among the surrounding eight pixels of the same color. Similarly, if the signal of a given pixel is smaller than the respective signals of all eight surrounding pixels of the same color, then the value of that central pixel signal is substituted with the minimum signal value among the surrounding eight pixels of the same color.
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