摘要:
A method of enhancing a full-color image of a scene includes capturing an image of the scene using a two-dimensional sensor array having both color and panchromatic pixels, forming the full-color image in response to the captured color pixels, forming a reference panchromatic image in response to the captured panchromatic pixels, forming an edge map in response to the reference panchromatic image and using the edge map to enhance the full-color image.
摘要:
A method of enhancing a full-color image of a scene includes capturing an image of the scene using a two-dimensional sensor array having both color and panchromatic pixels, forming an edge map in response to the panchromatic pixels, forming the full-color image in response to the captured color pixels, and using the edge map to enhance the full-color image.
摘要:
A method for forming a final digital color image, includes: capturing an image using an image sensor having panchromatic pixels and color pixels corresponding to at least two color photoresponses; providing from the captured image a digital high resolution panchromatic image and a digital high resolution color differences image; and using the digital high resolution panchromatic image and the digital high resolution color differences image to produce the final digital high resolution full color image.
摘要:
A method of sharpening a full-color image of a scene includes capturing an image of the scene using a two-dimensional sensor array having both color and panchromatic pixels; forming the full-color image in response to the captured color pixels and forming a reference panchromatic image in response to the captured panchromatic pixels; forming a high-frequency panchromatic image from the reference panchromatic image; and providing a sharpened full-color image in response to the high-frequency panchromatic image and the full-color image.
摘要:
A method of edge enhancing a digital image having pixels which reduces the visibility of false edge contours and includes acquiring a digital image; computing an edge boost record having positive and negative boost values for different portions of the edge regions in a digital image; modifying the edge boost record by applying an adaptive blur kernel to the pixels of such edge boost record; and applying the modified edge boost record to the digital image to provide an edge enhanced digital image which reduces the visibility of false edge contours.
摘要:
In apparatus for processing a digital color image value originally obtained from an image sensor or the like having color image pixels aligned in rows and columns having diagonal pixels with sufficient information to permit luminance or chrominance estimation the digital image having at least three separate color values but only one color value for each image pixel location, such apparatus computing the luminance or chrominance values for each image pixel. The apparatus stores the digital image and includes a processor operatively associated with the stored image and responsive to said stored measured digital color image values for computing low frequency luminance or chrominance values. In response to the computed low frequency luminance or chrominance values the Laplacian second-order and gradient values in at least two image orientations are computed from neighboring image pixels. The Laplacian second-order and the gradient values are combined to define a value for each image pixel such that there are sets of values with each value corresponding to a classifier and for selecting a preferred orientation from a group of orientations for the interpolation based upon the classifier. Finally, in response to the preferred orientation and the measured digital image for estimating the luminance or chrominance value for each corresponding image pixel.
摘要:
Apparatus described for processing a digitized image signal obtained from an image sensor having red, green, and blue color photosites aligned in rows and columns that generate at least three separate color values but only one color value for each photosite location. An arrangement is disclosed for averaging existing green values for green photosite locations which includes structure for storing the digitized image signal, defining green classifiers based upon adding the Laplacian second-order values, and the gradient values to define a classsifier, and modifying a measured green pixel based upon adjacent pixel classifiers. The apparatus further includes structure for determining which classifiers represent a pixel neighborhood of slowly changing scene detail, and replacing the measured green values for a green photosite location with an average of surrounding predicted green pixels as a function of the number of classifiers which are below a predetermined value.
摘要:
A method of improving a first color filter array image from an image sensor having a plurality of color channels and a panchromatic channel, includes capturing the panchromatic channel at a different exposure time than at least one of the color channels with the image sensor; using the color channels to provide a luminance channel; and analyzing the color filter array image and the luminance channel to determine defective pixels in the color channels and using neighboring color and luminance pixel values to improve the defective pixels to produce a second color filter array image or full-color image having at least one improved channel.
摘要:
A method for smoothing a digital color image having color pixels in which each colored pixel is expressed as one luminance and two chrominance color values, including computing parameters for at least two orientations for each pixel in the stored digital image; using the computed parameters to form a classifier value for each such orientation and using such classifiers to determine the pixel classification based on such classifiers; and smoothing pixel chroma values according to the determined pixel classification.
摘要:
Apparatus is described for processing a digitized image signal obtained from an image sensor having color photosites aligned in rows and columns that generate at least three separate color values but only one color value for each photosite location, structure for interpolating color values for each photosite location so that it has three different color values. The apparatus includes a memory for storing the digitized image signal and a processor operative with the memory for generating an appropriate color value missing from a photosite location by the interpolation of an additional color value for such photosite locations from color values of different colors than the missing color value at nearby photosite locations. The processor also includes structure for obtaining Laplacian second-order values and gradient values in at least two image directions from nearby photosites of the same column and row and for adding the Laplacian second-order values and the gradient values to define a classifier and for selecting a preferred orientation for the interpolation of the missing color value based upon a classifier. Finally, an arrangement is provided for interpolating the missing color value from nearby multiple color values selected to agree with the preferred orientation.