Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pixel-wise noise reduction in thermal images
- Patent Title (中): 热图像中像素降噪
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Application No.: US14029683Application Date: 2013-09-17
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Publication No.: US09208542B2Publication Date: 2015-12-08
- Inventor: Nicholas Högasten , Malin Ingerhed , Mark Nussmeier , Eric A. Kurth , Theodore R. Hoelter , Katrin Strandemar , Pierre Boulanger , Barbara Sharp
- Applicant: FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Wilsonville
- Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Wilsonville
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: G06K9/40
- IPC: G06K9/40 ; G06T5/00 ; H04N5/33 ; H04N5/365

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided to reduce noise in thermal images. In one example, a method includes receiving an image frame comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. The pixels comprise thermal image data associated with a scene and noise introduced by an infrared imaging device. The image frame may be processed to determine a plurality of column correction terms, each associated with a corresponding one of the columns and determined based on relative relationships between the pixels of the corresponding column and the pixels of a neighborhood of columns. In another example, the image frame may be processed to determine a plurality of non-uniformity correction terms, each associated with a corresponding one of the pixels and determined based on relative relationships between the corresponding one of the pixels and associated neighborhood pixels within a selected distance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140016879A1 PIXEL-WISE NOISE REDUCTION IN THERMAL IMAGES Public/Granted day:2014-01-16
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