Image analysis – Image transformation or preprocessing – Fourier transform
Patent
1997-07-23
1999-04-06
Faile, Andrew I.
Image analysis
Image transformation or preprocessing
Fourier transform
382204, 348607, H04N 138
Patent
active
058928537
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for removing scratch and wire noise from digitized images handle the difficult case of non-uniformly shaded images which is the common situation in real applications. The methods and apparatus also utilize a soft edge noise mask to allow a smoother blending of the reconstructed noise and the image around the noise. wire noise removal from digitized images wherein a scratched portion of a digitized image which requires repair or noise removal is identified and a binary mask is generated which distinguishes the defined scratched portion from the other portions of the digitized image. The methods and apparatus utilize both the spatial and frequency domains to effectively reconstruct many contiguous noisy pixels, reconstruct textures even when they are large featured, maintain sharpness and maintain continuity of features across a noisy region. A set of instructions for executing the methods is contained in a program storage device. Also, a recording media contains digital data generated using the methods.
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Hirani Anil
Totsuka Takashi
Brown Reubeu M.
Faile Andrew I.
Sony Corporation
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