Method for processing highlights and saturated regions in a digital image

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9147235
APP PUB NO 20140321743A1
SERIAL NO

14168189

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A method for performing highlight restoration on a digital image includes comparing the pixels in the image with a saturation level value to identify saturated pixels. A saturation map of saturated pixels is generated. Each selected saturated pixel is identified as a restorable pixel only if at least one color channel of the pixel is unsaturated. For each restorable pixel, a group of the closest unsaturated pixels above, below, to the left, and to the right of the select saturated pixel is identified. A replacement pixel value is generated for each saturated color channel of the restorable pixel, using a combination of the pixel values of the unsaturated color channels of the restorable pixel and the pixel values of the corresponding color channels of the nearby unsaturated pixels.

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  • FOVEON, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Doyle, Ken Santa Clara, US 7 67
Lukac, Rastislav Santa Clara, US 38 336

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