Patent Document ID: 20020186309
Application ID: 09814672
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of manipulating image information comprising the steps of: receiving said image information as intensity values acquired from a mosaic pattern of pixel locations in which different pixel locations 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 interpolated 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.