Detection and removal of blemishes in digital images utilizing original images of defocused scenes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7683946
APP PUB NO 20080055433A1
SERIAL NO

11938152

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A method automatically corrects dust artifact within images acquired by a system including a digital acquisition device including a lens assembly and a translucent lens cap. Multiple original digital images are acquired with the digital acquisition device. Probabilities that certain pixels correspond to dust artifact regions within the images are determined based at least in part on a comparison of suspected dust artifact regions within two or more of the images. Probable dust artifact regions are associated with extracted parameter values relating to the lens assembly when the images were acquired. A statistical dust map is formed including mapped dust regions based on the determining and associating. Pixels corresponding to correlated dust artifact regions are corrected within further digitally-acquired images based on the associated statistical dust map.

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  • FOTONATION LIMITED;TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES IRELAND LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bigioi, Petronel Galway, IE 312 15181
Steinberg, Eran San Francisco, US 324 20283
Zamfir, Adrian Bucharest, RO 77 4965

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