High precision color processing for wide dynamic range sensors

    公开(公告)号:US12143729B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-12

    申请号:US17538833

    申请日:2021-11-30

    Abstract: A technique for image processing, comprising: receiving input image data, wherein the image data is companded into a first bit depth, wherein the image data includes incomplete color values for pixels of the image data, and wherein the image data is associated with a first color space, interpolating the image data to generate color values for the incomplete color values for pixels of the image data, expanding the image data from the first bit depth to a second bit depth, wherein the color values of the expanded image data have a linear dynamic range, and wherein the second bit depth is higher than the first bit depth, converting the color values for pixels of the expanded image data from the first color space to a second color space, and compressing the color values for pixels of the image data to a third bit depth, the third bit depth lower than the second bit depth, and wherein the compressed color values have a nonlinear dynamic range.

    In-line chromatic aberration correction in wide dynamic range (WDR) image processing pipeline

    公开(公告)号:US11743612B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-29

    申请号:US17555145

    申请日:2021-12-17

    CPC classification number: H04N25/611 G06T1/60 G06T3/4015 H04N25/13

    Abstract: In the advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) field, RAW sensor image processing for machine vision (MV) applications can be of critical importance. Due to red/green/blue (RGB) image components being focused by the lens at different locations in image plane, the lateral chromatic aberration (LCA) phenomenon may sometimes be observed, which causes false color around edges in the final image output, especially for high contrast edges, which can impede MV applications. Disclosed herein are low-latency, efficient, optimized designs for chromatic aberration correction (CAC) modules. In some embodiments, an in-pipeline CAC design is used that: is configured to perform on-the-fly CAC without any out-of-pipeline memory traffic; enables use of wide dynamic range (WDR) sensors; uses bicubic interpolation; supports vertical and horizontal chromatic aberration red/blue color channel offsets, reduces CAC line memory requirements, and supports flexible look-up table (LUT) down-sampling factors to improve the spatial precision of correction and accommodate popular image sensor resolutions.

    Noise estimation using user-configurable information

    公开(公告)号:US11330153B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US16442137

    申请日:2019-06-14

    Abstract: In some examples, a method comprises receiving pixel data from an image capture device having a color filter, wherein the pixel data represents a portion of an image. The method further includes performing wavelet decomposition on the pixel data to produce decomposed pixel data and determining a local intensity of the pixel data. The method also includes determining a noise threshold value based on the local intensity and a noise intensity function that is based on the color filter; determining a noise value for the pixel data based on the decomposed pixel data and the noise threshold value; and correcting the pixel data based on the noise value to produce an output image.

    Defective pixel detection
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12244979B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US17983905

    申请日:2022-11-09

    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to defective pixel detection and correction, and more specifically to using threshold functions based on color channels to compare pixel values to threshold values. A method is provided herein that comprises identifying a color channel of an image pixel in a frame and identifying a threshold function based at least on the color channel. The method further comprises applying the threshold function to one or more nearest-neighbor values to obtain a threshold value and determining whether a corresponding sensor pixel is defective based at least on a comparison of the image pixel to the threshold value.

    RGB-IR pixel pattern conversion via conversion engine

    公开(公告)号:US12244937B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US18309055

    申请日:2023-04-28

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are improvements to pixel pattern conversion, upsampling, and IR decontamination processes. An example includes an image processing pipeline comprising an upstream component, a pattern conversion component downstream with respect to the upstream component in the image processing pipeline, and a downstream component relative to the pattern conversion component. The pattern conversion component is configured to obtain RGB-IR pixel data produced by the upstream component of the image processing pipeline and convert the RGB-IR pixel data into RGB pixel data and IR pixel data using a conversion engine. The conversion engine is configured to demosaic the RGB-IR pixel into the RGB pixel data and the IR pixel data, remosaic the RGB pixel data into an RGB pattern and the IR pixel data into an IR pattern and remove IR contamination from the RGB pixel data of the RGB pattern for use by the downstream component.

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