Image denoising system and method

US8977012B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8977012-B2
Application numberUS-201213665449-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 31, 2012
Priority dateOct 31, 2012
Publication dateMar 10, 2015
Grant dateMar 10, 2015

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A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying a first portion of a facial image in a first image, wherein the first portion includes noise. A corresponding portion of the facial image is identified in a second image, wherein the corresponding portion includes less noise than the first portion. One or more filter parameters of the first portion are determined based upon, at least in part, the first portion and the corresponding portion. At least a portion of the noise from the first portion is smoothed based upon, at least in part, the one or more filter parameters. At least a portion of face specific details from the corresponding portion is added to the first portion.

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What is claimed is: 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying, by a computing device, a first portion of a facial image in a captured first image, wherein the first portion includes noise; identifying a corresponding portion of the facial image in a separately captured second image, wherein the corresponding portion includes less noise than the first portion; determining a noise level across the first portion and the corresponding portion; smoothing at least a…

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What does patent US8977012B2 cover?
A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying a first portion of a facial image in a first image, wherein the first portion includes noise. A corresponding portion of the facial image is identified in a second image, wherein the corresponding portion includes less noise than the first portion. One or more filter parameters of the first portion are determined based upon…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Google Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06T5/70. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 10 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).