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Method and apparatus for short range motion adaptive noise reduction

US7961972B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 2007
Grant dateJun 14, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/144
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for generating and storing in a lookup table a first array of next field values for use in generation of weighted pixel values and generating and storing a second array in the lookup table of previous field values for use in generation of the weighted pixel values, determining if motion is present in a pixel of a field under analysis, if the motion is present, performing spatial de-noising using a weighted pixel average of a window of a predetermined size, otherwise performing temporal de-noising using a weighted pixel value between the pixel and a previous pixel using information in the lookup table. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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