High Dynamic Range Image Formation and Motion De-blurring in CMOS Image Sensor

Applications

• Imaging
• Digital cameras

Advantages

• New image processing techniques used to identify blur and restore the image.
• Can simultaneously form a high dynamic range image and reduce or eliminate motion blur.
• Modest computational and storage requirements make it feasible to integrate all the processing and memory needed with the image sensor on the same CMOS chip

Publications

• X.Q. Liu and A. El Gamal, Simultaneous Image Formation and Motion Blur Restoration via Multiple Capture, ICASSP'2001 conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2001.
• U.S. Patent Number 7,061,524 "Motion/Saturation Detection System and Method for Synthesizing High Dynamic Range Motion Blur Free Images from Multiple Captures"

Patents

• Published Application: 20030095189