METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING DETAIL INFORMATION IN DIGITAL IMAGES

摘要

Various aspects of a method and a system for image processing are disclosed herein. The method includes processing an input image, which comprises structure information and detail information, using image processing (IP) blocks in an image processing pipeline. One or more of the IP blocks, such as the “lossy” IP blocks, process the input image with at least a partial loss of the detail information. By replacing the “lossy” IP blocks with redesigned image processing (IP) modules, the image processing pipeline reduces or avoids such loss of the detail information. A more efficient implementation of the improved pipeline is realized by using a master IP module when the “lossy” IP blocks are reordered and grouped together in the image processing pipeline. The method is further extended to process 3-D images to reduce or avoid loss of detail information in a 3-D image processing pipeline.

主权项

1. An image processing method comprising:
in an image processing device:
extracting structure information and detail information from an input image;processing said extracted structure information by a first set of image processing (IP) blocks in an image processing pipeline, wherein said first set of IP blocks processes said input image with at least a partial loss of said detail information;processing said extracted detail information by one or more detail processing blocks in said image processing pipeline based on said structure information processed by said first set of IP blocks; andcombining said processed said structure information and said processed said detail information to generate a modified image.