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Method and apparatus for correcting large defects in digital images

  • US 6,683,995 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2000
  • Issued: 01/27/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image correction system comprising:

  • an image input device operable to produce a digital image and a defect map, wherein the defect map allows the identification of defective and non-defective regions of the digital image; and

    a defect correction program having at least one correction routine operable to substantially correct the defective regions of the digital image using the non-defective regions of the digital image to produce an improved digital image, wherein the at least one correction routine comprises a reference line correction routine operable to define boundaries between defective and non-defective regions as a function of an orientation of the defective region.

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