Image processing method and apparatus
First Claim
1. An image processing method to process a first relatively underexposed and sharp image of a scene, and a second relatively well exposed and blurred image nominally of the same scene, said method comprising:
- providing a portion of said first relatively underexposed image as an input signal to an adaptive filter;
providing a corresponding portion of said second relatively well exposed image as a desired signal to said adaptive filter;
producing an output signal from said input signal and said desired signal by multiplying the input signal by one or more coefficients that are calculated from values of the input signal and the desired signal;
constructing a first filtered image, from said output signal, that is relatively less blurred than said second image; and
displaying, transmitting, projecting or storing the first filtered image or a further processed version, or combinations thereof;
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus is arranged to process a first relatively underexposed and sharp image of a scene, and a second relatively well exposed and blurred image, nominally of the same scene, the first and second images being derived from respective image sources. The apparatus provides a portion of the relatively first underexposed image as an input signal to an adaptive filter; and a corresponding portion of the second relatively well exposed image as a desired signal to the adaptive filter. The adaptive filter produces an output signal from the input signal and the desired signal; and an image generator constructs a first filtered image from the output signal, relatively less blurred than the second image.
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79 Claims
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1. An image processing method to process a first relatively underexposed and sharp image of a scene, and a second relatively well exposed and blurred image nominally of the same scene, said method comprising:
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providing a portion of said first relatively underexposed image as an input signal to an adaptive filter; providing a corresponding portion of said second relatively well exposed image as a desired signal to said adaptive filter; producing an output signal from said input signal and said desired signal by multiplying the input signal by one or more coefficients that are calculated from values of the input signal and the desired signal; constructing a first filtered image, from said output signal, that is relatively less blurred than said second image; and displaying, transmitting, projecting or storing the first filtered image or a further processed version, or combinations thereof; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An image processing method comprising:
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obtaining a first relatively underexposed and sharp image of a scene; obtaining a second relatively well exposed and blurred image, nominally of the same scene; providing a portion of said first relatively underexposed image as an input signal to an adaptive filter; providing a corresponding portion of said second relatively well exposed image as a desired signal to said adaptive filter; adaptively filtering said input signal to produce an output signal by multiplying the input signal by one or more coefficients that are calculated from values of the input signal and the desired signal; constructing a first filtered image, from said output signal, relatively less blurred than said second image; and displaying, transmitting, projecting or storing the first filtered image or a further processed version, or combinations thereof;
,wherein the method is performed using one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An image processing apparatus arranged to process a first relatively underexposed and sharp image of a scene, and a second relatively well exposed and blurred image, nominally of the same scene, said apparatus comprising:
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means for providing a portion of said first relatively underexposed image as an input signal to an adaptive filter; means providing a corresponding portion of said second relatively well exposed image as a desired signal to said adaptive filter; an adaptive filter arranged to produce an output signal from said input signal and said desired signal by multiplying the input signal by one or more coefficients that are calculated from values of the input signal and the desired signal; and an image generator arranged to construct a first filtered image from said output signal, relatively less blurred than said second image.
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28. One or more non-transitory processor-readable media having embedded therein processor-readable code for programming a processor to perform an image processing method to process a first relatively underexposed and sharp image of a scene, and a second relatively well exposed and blurred image nominally of the same scene, said method comprising:
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providing a portion of said first relatively underexposed image as an input signal to an adaptive filter; providing a corresponding portion of said second relatively well exposed image as a desired signal to said adaptive filter; producing an output signal from said input signal and said desired signal by multiplying the input signal by one or more coefficients that are calculated from values of the input signal and the desired signal; constructing a first filtered image, from said output signal, that is relatively less blurred than said second image. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. One or more non-transitory processor-readable media having embedded therein processor-readable code for programming a processor to perform an image processing method that comprises:
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obtaining a first relatively underexposed and sharp image of a scene; obtaining a second relatively well exposed and blurred image, nominally of the same scene providing a portion of said first relatively underexposed image as an input signal to an adaptive filter; providing a corresponding portion of said second relatively well exposed image as a desired signal to said adaptive filter; adaptively filtering said input signal to produce an output signal by multiplying the input signal by one or more coefficients that are calculated from values of the input signal and the desired signal; and constructing a first filtered image, from said output signal, relatively less blurred than said second image. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A portable digital image acquisition device, comprising a lens, an image sensor for capturing a digital image, a processor, and one or more processor-readable media having processor-readable code embedded therein for programming the processor to process a first relatively underexposed and sharp image of a scene, and a second relatively well exposed and blurred image nominally of the same scene, and wherein the processor performs:
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providing a portion of said first relatively underexposed image as an input signal to an adaptive filter; providing a corresponding portion of said second relatively well exposed image as a desired signal to said adaptive filter; producing an output signal from said input signal and said desired signal by multiplying the input signal by one or more coefficients that are calculated from values of the input signal and the desired signal; constructing a first filtered image, from said output signal, that is relatively less blurred than said second image; and displaying, transmitting, projecting or storing the first filtered image or a further processed version, or combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A portable digital image acquisition device, comprising a lens, an image sensor for capturing a digital image, a processor, and one or more processor-readable media having processor-readable code embedded therein for programming the processor to perform:
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obtaining a first relatively underexposed and sharp image of a scene; obtaining a second relatively well exposed and blurred image, nominally of the same scene providing a portion of said first relatively underexposed image as an input signal to an adaptive filter; providing a corresponding portion of said second relatively well exposed image as a desired signal to said adaptive filter; adaptively filtering said input signal to produce an output signal by multiplying the input signal by one or more coefficients that are calculated from values of the input signal and the desired signal; and constructing a first filtered image,. from said output signal, relatively less blurred than said second image. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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