Patent ID: 7889242
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera system comprising: non-transitory computer-readable storage for storing an original digital image in the digital camera; blemish repair logic executing in the digital camera to repair at least one blemish in the original digital image, the blemish repair logic: sampling pixel values adjacent the blemish and excluding pixel values of the blemish to generate a sample using an averaging function, the averaging function weighted with pixel values toward the center of the sample given more weight than pixel values toward the edges of the sample, wherein the blemish repair logic weights the sample by combining an averaging of each Y channel value with a Y-lightest pixel value; cloning pixel values using the sampled pixel values for repairing the blemish; overlaying the cloned pixel values on the blemish in the original digital image; and rendering the repaired image.