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Debanding image data using bit depth expansion

US9569816B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 15, 2015
Grant dateFeb 14, 2017
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Expiry dateApr 15, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20048
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image signal processing system may include processing circuitry that may reduce banding artifacts in image data to be depicted on a display. The processing circuitry may receive a first pixel value associated with a first pixel of the image data and detect a first set of pixels located in a first direction along a same row of pixels or a same column of pixels with respect to the first pixel. The first set of pixels is associated with a first band. The processing circuitry may then interpolate a second pixel value based on an average of a first set of pixel values that correspond to the first set of pixels and a distance between the first pixel and a closest pixel in the first band. The processing circuitry may then output the second pixel value for the first pixel.

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