Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Video processors for preserving detail in low-light scenes
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Application No.: US14056043Application Date: 2013-10-17
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Publication No.: US09888240B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Yeping Su , Chris Y. Chung , Hao Pan , Hsi-Jung Wu , Ke Zhang
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Baker Hostetler LLP
- Agent Robert L. Hails
- Main IPC: H04N19/117
- IPC: H04N19/117 ; H04N19/136

Abstract:
Video coding systems and methods are provided that protect against various artifacts (e.g., banding artifacts) in decoded frame content. The embodiments to protect against introducing artifacts include pre-processing the input video frame, controlling the encoding parameters and/or post-processing the decoded video frame. A method for encoding a frame may include calculating a dark-scene score for the frame based on measured statistics of the frame. The dark-scene score may be compared to a threshold to determine if the banding artifacts may be present in the frame. Based on the comparison, filtering parameters for the frame may be altered to reduce the amount of noise filtered from the frame. The frame may be filtered based on the altered filtering parameters and encoded.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140321534A1 VIDEO PROCESSORS FOR PRESERVING DETAIL IN LOW-LIGHT SCENES Public/Granted day:2014-10-30
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