Patent ID: 8213676

Claim:
A method for inspecting an object comprising: (a) providing a video inspection apparatus, wherein said video inspection apparatus has an elongated inspection tube, an image sensor, and a display; (b) generating a plurality of frames of image data representative of light incident on pixels of said image sensor; (c) utilizing the video inspection apparatus to process one or more of said plurality of frames of image data for determining at least one motion parameter for said one or more of said plurality of frames, the motion parameter representative of the motion of said one or more of said plurality of frames caused by the motion of said elongated inspection tube when said image data of one or more of said plurality of frames of image data was generated; (d) determining based on said motion parameter whether said elongated inspection tube was in motion or motion free when said image data of one or more of said plurality of frames of image data was generated; (e) processing one or more of said plurality of frames of image data to determine a noise reduced frame of image data; and (f) outputting said noise reduced frame of image data to said display if said motion parameter indicates a motion free condition.