Image analysis – Image transformation or preprocessing – Changing the image coordinates
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-11
2007-12-11
Kassa, Yosef (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Image transformation or preprocessing
Changing the image coordinates
C382S274000, C382S308000, C382S282000, C358S003260, C358S003270, C358S463000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10677134
ABSTRACT:
A method of automatically correcting dust artifact regions within images acquired by a system including a digital camera includes digitally-acquiring one or more original images with the digital camera. Probabilities that certain pixels correspond to dust artifact regions within the one or more digitally-acquired images are determined. The dust artifact regions are associated with one or more extracted parameters relating to the optical system when the one or more images were acquired. A statistical dust map is formed including mapped dust regions based on the dust artifact probability determining and associating operations. Pixels corresponding to dust artifact regions within the one or more original images are corrected based on the associated statistical dust map.
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Bigioi Petronel
Buzuloiu Vasile
Corcoran Peter
Prilutsky Yury
Steinberg Eran
FotoNation Vision Limited
Jackson & Co., LLP
Kassa Yosef
Smith Andrew V.
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