Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080303926 | Method and apparatus for image improvement - A method and an apparatus for improving the image quality. The method comprises steps of producing image correcting information to decrease errors in the image to be produced by a camera module ( | 12-11-2008 |
20090009612 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION MOTION-DRIVEN MULTI-SHOT IMAGE STABILIZATION - An improved system and method for capturing an image using a camera or a camera module. In the present invention, the number of image shots taken, as well as the integration time of each image shot, are controlled based upon knowledge about the existence or absence of camera motion. Whenever a motion is detected above a predetermined motion threshold, the integration phase of the current image shot ends, and the integration of the next image shot begins. The present invention therefore adapts to the actual camera motion during exposure. If there is no camera motion, a single, long exposed image shot is captured. If there is camera motion, the total exposure time is divided between multiple shots in accordance with the degree of camera motion. | 01-08-2009 |
20090046944 | Restoration of Color Components in an Image Model - This invention relates to a method for improving image quality of a digital image captured with an imaging module comprising at least imaging optics and an image sensor, where the image is formed through the imaging optics, the image consisting of at least one colour component. In the method, the degradation information of each colour component of the image is found and is used for improving image quality. The degradation information of each colour component is specified by a point-spread function. Each colour component is restored by the degradation function. The image can be unprocessed image data. The invention also relates to several alternatives for implementing the restoration, and for controlling and regularizing the inverse process independently of the image degradation. The invention also relates to a device, to a module, to a system and to a computer program products and to a program modules. | 02-19-2009 |
20090161982 | Restoring images - The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for restoring (i.e., de-noising and/or stabilizing) images using similar blocks of pixels of one or more different sizes in one or more available image frames of the same scene for providing, e.g., multi-frame image restoration/de-noising/stabilization. | 06-25-2009 |
20090245633 | Method, a Device, a Module and a Computer Program Product for Determining the Quality of an Image - The invention relates to a method, a device, an image quality evaluation module and a computer program product for determining the quality of an image. In an input image, at least one color component is iteratively restored with a deblur parameter, which deblur parameter is increased at each iteration. The iteration is stopped when an overshooting in the final image exceeds a predetermined value. After the iteration has been stopped, a number of iterations is defined and the quality of the image is determined according to the number of iterations. | 10-01-2009 |
20100331047 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING GENERATION AND EDITING OF MULTIFRAME IMAGES - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating generation and editing of multiframe images. A method may include grouping a plurality of images into one or more groups of images. Each group of images may comprise a plurality of images depicting a common scene. The method may further include determining a reference image for at least one of the one or more groups of images. Each reference image may be associated with a respective group for which it was determined. The method may additionally include causing at least one reference image to be displayed to a user such that the user is enabled to select a displayed reference image to enhance using multiframe image processing to generate a multiframe image from a plurality of images from the group of images with which the selected displayed reference image is associated. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 12-30-2010 |
20120194703 | APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising: a camera module configured to capture a first image of a subject with a first image capture parameter and at least one further image of substantially the same subject with at least one associated further image capture parameter; a reference image encoder configured to encode the first image into a first encoded image; a further image encoder configured to encode the at least one further image into at least one further encoded image; and a file compiler configured to combine the first encoding image and the at least one further encoded image into a first file. | 08-02-2012 |