System and Method for Processing Video Images Generated By A Multiple Viewing Elements Endoscope
First Claim
1. An endoscope video processing system for controlling blooming in an image frame of a video data signal generated by a viewing element of an endoscope, to facilitate an increased luminance digital gain in regions of a first brightness within the image frame while maintaining a decreased luminance digital gain in regions of a second brightness, wherein the first brightness is lower than the second brightness, said video processing system comprising:
- a processor;
a memory;
a digital signal processor for applying a reduced digital gain to a luminance (Y) component of the video data signal to generate an attenuated signal, wherein the reduced digital gain is defined by a weight; and
a local blooming control module for;
calculating an average luminance value of luminance levels of a plurality of pixels neighboring a pixel of the attenuated signal;
operating a function on the average luminance value to generate a smoothly transitioning digital gain;
conditioning the smoothly transitioning digital gain using said weight to generate a customizable digital gain; and
applying the customizable digital gain to the attenuated signal.
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Abstract
An endoscope video processing system applies a blooming control feature to image frames of video data signals generated by viewing elements in the endoscope tip. A reduced digital gain is applied to a luminance (Y) component of the video data signal to generate an attenuated signal. An average luminance value of pixels neighboring a pixel of the attenuated signal is calculated and a function of the average luminance value is determined to generate a smoothly transitioning digital gain. The smoothly transitioning digital gain is conditioned using weights to generate a customizable digital gain, and the customizable digital gain is applied to the attenuated signal. This Local Blooming Control (LBC) facilitates a higher luminance digital gain in darker portions while maintaining a low or no luminance digital gain in brighter portions, within the same image frame.
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21 Claims
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1. An endoscope video processing system for controlling blooming in an image frame of a video data signal generated by a viewing element of an endoscope, to facilitate an increased luminance digital gain in regions of a first brightness within the image frame while maintaining a decreased luminance digital gain in regions of a second brightness, wherein the first brightness is lower than the second brightness, said video processing system comprising:
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a processor; a memory; a digital signal processor for applying a reduced digital gain to a luminance (Y) component of the video data signal to generate an attenuated signal, wherein the reduced digital gain is defined by a weight; and a local blooming control module for; calculating an average luminance value of luminance levels of a plurality of pixels neighboring a pixel of the attenuated signal; operating a function on the average luminance value to generate a smoothly transitioning digital gain; conditioning the smoothly transitioning digital gain using said weight to generate a customizable digital gain; and applying the customizable digital gain to the attenuated signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of controlling blooming in a plurality of regions of an image frame of a video data signal generated by a viewing element of an endoscope, said method being implemented by the controller of the endoscope, the method comprising:
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attenuating a luminance (Y) component of the video data signal to generate an attenuated signal, wherein the attenuation factor meets a condition such that a summation of a first weight K1 and a second weight K2 approximates a value equal to or less than 5.0; applying a Gaussian function to luminance levels of a plurality of pixels neighboring a given pixel of the attenuated signal to generate an average luminance signal Gaussian(Y); applying a sigmoid function to the average luminance signal to generate a modified signal sigmoid(Gaussian(Y)); and applying a digital gain to the attenuated signal, wherein the digital gain is determined by applying weights to the modified signal sigmoid (Gaussian(Y)). - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An endoscope video processing system for controlling blooming in an image frame of a video data signal generated by a viewing element of an endoscope, to facilitate an increased luminance digital gain in regions of a first brightness within the image frame while maintaining a decreased luminance digital gain in regions of a second brightness, wherein the first brightness is lower than the second brightness, said video processing system comprising a processor and memory for executing the steps of:
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applying a reduced digital gain to a luminance (Y) component of the video data signal to generate an attenuated signal, wherein the reduced digital gain is defined by a weight; calculating an average luminance value of luminance levels of a plurality of pixels neighboring a pixel of the attenuated signal; operating a function on the average luminance value to generate a smoothly transitioning digital gain; conditioning the smoothly transitioning digital gain using said weight to generate a customizable digital gain; and applying the customizable digital gain to the attenuated signal.
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