Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for enhancing quality of an image
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Application No.: US15115655Application Date: 2015-01-15
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Publication No.: US09984442B2Publication Date: 2018-05-29
- Inventor: Mehmet Turkan , Dominique Thoreau , Philippe Guillotel
- Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
- Applicant Address: FR Issy les Moulineaux
- Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
- Current Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
- Current Assignee Address: FR Issy les Moulineaux
- Agency: Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Liao, LLP
- Priority: EP14305135 20140130; EP14305136 20140130
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/050664 WO 20150115
- International Announcement: WO2015/113826 WO 20150806
- Main IPC: G06K9/40
- IPC: G06K9/40 ; G06K9/32 ; G06T3/40 ; G06T5/50 ; G06T5/20

Abstract:
A method for enhancing quality of an image comprises deriving from an initial low-resolution image (LRI) an initial high-resolution image (IHRI) by upsampling (S2, S3), providing (S4), based on the initial low-resolution image (LRI), at least one downsampled filtered image (AIij, AIi′j′) with lower resolution, providing (S6), based on the initial low-resolution image (LRI), an unfiltered image (LRI, UIi′j′) having same resolution as the downsampled filtered image, selecting a patch (PI) from the initial high-resolution image (IHRI), finding (S8) filial patches (PA k) similar to the selected patch in the downsampled filtered image (AIij, AIi′j′), finding, in the unfiltered image (LRI, UIi′j′), parent patches (PPk) locally associated to the filial patches (PAk), and linearly combining (S14) the parent patches (PPk) to form an enhanced quality patch (EP). Finally, enhanced quality patches (EP) obtained by repeatedly carrying out above steps are combined (S15) to form an enhanced quality high-resolution image (EIp).
Public/Granted literature
- US20170169545A1 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENHANCING QUALITY OF AN IMAGE Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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