Image processing system, image processing method, and computer-readable medium

US9420175B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9420175-B2
Application numberUS-201514796835-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 10, 2015
Priority dateMar 27, 2014
Publication dateAug 16, 2016
Grant dateAug 16, 2016

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To improve the resolution of a stationary region while suppressing artifacts in a moving region, an image processing system includes a misalignment-detecting circuit that detects an amount of misalignment between a plurality of time-series images; a high-resolution combining circuit that, based on the amount of misalignment, combines the plurality of images in a high-resolution space having a higher resolution than the plurality of images to generate a high-resolution combined image; an image-converting circuit that reduces the size of the high-resolution combined image by resampling to generate a converted image; a correlation-calculating circuit that calculates the correlation between a standard image serving as a standard among the plurality of images and the converted image for each region; and an image-correcting circuit that corrects the high-resolution combined image such that the combining ratio of the standard image becomes lower as the correlation calculated by the correlation-calculating circuit becomes higher.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An image processing system comprising: a misalignment-detecting circuit that detects an amount of misalignment between a plurality of time-series images; a high-resolution combining circuit that, based on the amount of misalignment, combines the plurality of images in a high-resolution space having a higher resolution than the plurality of images to generate a high-resolution combined image; an image-converting circuit that reduces a size of the hi…

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What does patent US9420175B2 cover?
To improve the resolution of a stationary region while suppressing artifacts in a moving region, an image processing system includes a misalignment-detecting circuit that detects an amount of misalignment between a plurality of time-series images; a high-resolution combining circuit that, based on the amount of misalignment, combines the plurality of images in a high-resolution space having a h…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Olympus Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N23/951. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 16 2016 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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