Patent ID: 6816197
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method of manipulating image information comprising the steps of:receiving said image information as intensity value acquired from a mosaic pattern of pixel locations in which different pixel location in said mosaic pattern are specific to different colors; and demosaicing said image information by determining interpolated intensity values representative of a plurality of colors for said pixel locations of said mosaic pattern, each determination of an interpolated intensity value being specific to a particular said pixel location and including the steps of: selecting a neighborhood of said pixel locations, said selecting being based on relative positions of said pixel locations and being independent of photometric similarity of said intensity values for said pixel locations within said neighborhood; and basing said determination of said interpolate intensity value on both relative positions of said pixel locations within said neighborhood and said photometric similarities of said intensity values for said pixel locations within said neighborhood.