公开(公告)号：US07345708B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-18

申请号：US10744729

申请日：2003-12-23

申请人： Lowell L. Winger ,  Yunwei Jia ,  Aaron G. Wells ,  Elliot N. Linzer ,  Simon Booth ,  Guy Cote

发明人： Lowell L. Winger ,  Yunwei Jia ,  Aaron G. Wells ,  Elliot N. Linzer ,  Simon Booth ,  Guy Cote

IPC分类号： H04N7/01 ,  H04N11/20 ,  G06K9/40

CPC分类号： H04N7/012

摘要： A method for deinterlacing a picture is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) determining a protection condition by performing a static check on the picture in a region around a location interlaced with a first field of the picture, (B) calculating an interpolated sample at the location by temporal averaging the first field with a second field in response to the protection condition indicating significant vertical activity and (C) calculating the interpolated sample at the location by spatial filtering the first field in response to the protection condition indicating insignificant vertical activity.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于去隔行扫描图像的方法。 该方法通常包括以下步骤：（A）通过对与图像的第一场隔行的位置周围的区域中的图像执行静态检查来确定保护条件，（B）通过时间平均来计算位置处的内插样本 所述第一场与响应于所述保护条件的第二场响应于指示显着的垂直活动;以及（C）响应于指示不显着的垂直活动的保护条件，通过对所述第一场进行空间滤波来计算所述位置处的内插样本。

公开(公告)号：US08749649B1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-10

申请号：US13472661

申请日：2012-05-16

申请人： Elliot N. Linzer

发明人： Elliot N. Linzer

IPC分类号： H04N5/228 ,  H04N5/217

CPC分类号： H04N5/2355 ,  H04N5/23254 ,  H04N5/23277

摘要： A method of capturing a still frame is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of initial frames with a sensor in response to an optical signal and (B) generating the still frame by combining the initial frames using a noise reduction technique.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种捕获静止帧的方法。 该方法通常包括以下步骤：（A）响应于光信号产生具有传感器的多个初始帧，以及（B）通过使用降噪技术组合初始帧来产生静止帧。

公开(公告)号：US08675101B1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-18

申请号：US11692733

申请日：2007-03-28

申请人： Elliot N. Linzer ,  Didier LeGall

发明人： Elliot N. Linzer ,  Didier LeGall

IPC分类号： H04N5/217 ,  H04N9/64

CPC分类号： H04N5/367 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/3651

摘要： A method of pixel correction is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of pixel values from a sensor in response to an optical signal, (B) generating a temperature signal representing a temperature of the sensor and (C) generating a plurality of corrected values by applying a per-pixel correction model to the pixel values, wherein the per-pixel correction model is responsive to the temperature.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种像素校正方法。 该方法通常包括以下步骤：（A）响应于光信号从传感器生成多个像素值，（B）产生表示传感器温度的温度信号，（C）通过以下步骤产生多个校正值： 对像素值应用每像素校正模型，其中每像素校正模型响应于温度。

公开(公告)号：US08654859B1

公开(公告)日：2014-02-18

申请号：US12640415

申请日：2009-12-17

申请人： Elliot N. Linzer ,  Hsiang-Chun Huang

发明人： Elliot N. Linzer ,  Hsiang-Chun Huang

IPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  H04N7/26

CPC分类号： H04N19/64 ,  H04N19/103 ,  H04N19/14 ,  H04N19/147 ,  H04N19/156 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/18 ,  H04N19/36 ,  H04N19/50 ,  H04N19/503 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/94

摘要： A method of rate-distortion computations for video compression is disclosed. The method may include steps (A) to (C). Step (A) may generate a plurality of transform coefficients from a residual block of the video using a circuit. Step (B) may generate a block distortion value (i) based on the transform coefficients and (ii) independent of a plurality of inverse transform samples produced from the residual block. Step (C) may generate a rate-distortion value from the block distortion value.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于视频压缩的速率失真计算的方法。 该方法可以包括步骤（A）至（C）。 步骤（A）可以使用电路从视频的残留块生成多个变换系数。 步骤（B）可以基于变换系数产生块失真值（i），并且（ii）独立于从残余块产生的多个逆变换样本。 步骤（C）可以从块失真值产生速率失真值。

公开(公告)号：US08531549B1

公开(公告)日：2013-09-10

申请号：US12712307

申请日：2010-02-25

申请人： Elliot N. Linzer ,  Leslie D. Kohn

发明人： Elliot N. Linzer ,  Leslie D. Kohn

IPC分类号： H04N9/73

CPC分类号： H04N9/68 ,  H04N9/045 ,  H04N9/67

摘要： An apparatus having a circuit is disclosed. The circuit may be configured to (i) process a digital image received from a camera sensor and (ii) color correct at least one pixel of the digital image after the processing. The color correction generally includes a lookup table-based conversion of the pixel from a first luminance-and-chrominance representation to a second luminance-and-chrominance representation.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种具有电路的装置。 电路可以被配置为（i）处理从相机传感器接收的数字图像，以及（ii）在处理之后对数字图像的至少一个像素进行颜色校正。 颜色校正通常包括将像素从第一亮度和色度表示到第二亮度和色度表示的基于查找表的转换。

公开(公告)号：US08446962B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-21

申请号：US12633094

申请日：2009-12-08

申请人： Elliot N. Linzer

发明人： Elliot N. Linzer

IPC分类号： H04N7/12

CPC分类号： H04N19/17 ,  H04N7/0122 ,  H04N19/115 ,  H04N19/124

摘要： An encoder comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to (i) generate a cropped video signal in response to separating a video signal and (ii) generate overscan information describing a shape of an overscan region. The video signal conveys an image having a picture region containing image information and the overscan region. The cropped video signal conveys the picture region. The second circuit may be configured to generate a digital video bit-stream in response to compressing said cropped video signal. The overscan region is absent from the digital video bit-stream as transmitted from the encoder.

摘要翻译： 一种包括第一电路和第二电路的编码器。 第一电路可以被配置为（i）响应于分离视频信号而产生经裁剪的视频信号，并且（ii）生成描述过扫描区域的形状的过扫描信息。 视频信号传送具有包含图像信息和过扫描区域的图像区域的图像。 剪切的视频信号传送图像区域。 第二电路可以被配置为响应于压缩所述裁剪的视频信号而产生数字视频比特流。 从编码器发送的数字视频比特流中不存在过扫描区域。

公开(公告)号：US08164636B1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-24

申请号：US12256723

申请日：2008-10-23

申请人： Elliot N. Linzer

发明人： Elliot N. Linzer

IPC分类号： H04N5/228

CPC分类号： H04N5/2355 ,  H04N5/23254 ,  H04N5/23277

摘要： A method of capturing a still frame is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of initial frames with a sensor in response to an optical signal and (B) generating the still frame by combining the initial frames using a noise reduction technique.

公开(公告)号：US07982788B1

公开(公告)日：2011-07-19

申请号：US12181499

申请日：2008-07-29

申请人： Elliot N. Linzer ,  Wilson Kwok

发明人： Elliot N. Linzer ,  Wilson Kwok

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N5/3456 ,  H04N5/3458 ,  H04N5/347 ,  H04N5/357

摘要： A method of generating video and a video camera are disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating an input signal by sensing an optical signal using a plurality of first pixels, wherein (i) the sensing is capable of a pixel reduction by at least one of binning the first pixels and skipping some of the first pixels and (ii) a plurality of first spatial separations among the first pixels in the input signal are (a) uniform both horizontally and vertically while the pixel reduction is inactive and (b) non-uniform while the pixel reduction is active, (B) generating a plurality of second pixels in response to the first pixels such that a plurality of second spatial separations among the second pixels are uniform both horizontally and vertically while the pixel reduction is active and (C) generating an output signal carrying the second pixels.

公开(公告)号：US20090046170A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-19

申请号：US12255020

申请日：2008-10-21

申请人： Elliot N. Linzer

发明人： Elliot N. Linzer

IPC分类号： H04N5/228

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N2209/045

摘要： An apparatus having a buffer and a circuit is disclosed. The buffer may be configured to receive a digital image. The digital image generally has (i) a Bayer color representation and (ii) two initial dimensions in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction respectively. The circuit may be configured to generate a resample image in a signal by down-sampling the digital image in the Bayer color representation such that (i) the resample image has two resample dimensions, (ii) at least one of the resample dimensions is smaller than a respective at least one of the initial dimensions and (iii) the respective at least one initial dimension is a non-integer multiple of the at least one resample dimension.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种具有缓冲器和电路的装置。 缓冲器可以被配置为接收数字图像。 数字图像通常具有（i）拜耳颜色表示和（ii）分别在水平方向和垂直方向上的两个初始尺寸。 电路可以被配置为通过对拜耳颜色表示中的数字图像进行下采样来生成信号中的重采样图像，使得（i）重采样图像具有两个重采样维度，（ii）重采样维度中的至少一个较小 相对于初始尺寸中的至少一个，以及（iii）相应的至少一个初始尺寸是至少一个重采样维度的非整数倍。

公开(公告)号：US07408988B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-05

申请号：US10325188

申请日：2002-12-20

申请人： Elliot N. Linzer ,  Ho-Ming Leung ,  Soo-Chul Han

发明人： Elliot N. Linzer ,  Ho-Ming Leung ,  Soo-Chul Han

IPC分类号： H04N7/18

CPC分类号： H04N5/145 ,  G06T7/223 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  H04N19/43 ,  H04N19/523 ,  H04N19/533 ,  H04N19/57

摘要： A method for motion estimating. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a first interpolated block having a sub-pixel resolution in response to a first interpolation process operating on a reference block of a reference frame of a video signal having an integer pixel resolution, (B) generating a motion vector in response to the first interpolated block and a current block of a current frame of the video signal having the integer pixel resolution and (C) generating a second interpolated block having the sub-pixel resolution in response to a second interpolation process operating on the reference block.

摘要翻译： 一种运动估计的方法。 该方法通常包括以下步骤：（A）响应于对具有整数像素分辨率的视频信号的参考帧的参考块进行操作的第一内插处理，生成具有子像素分辨率的第一内插块，（B） 产生响应于第一内插块的运动矢量和具有整数像素分辨率的视频信号的当前帧的当前块，以及（C）响应于第二内插处理产生具有子像素分辨率的第二内插块 在参考块上操作。