Synthesis of high dynamic range motion blur free image from multiple captures

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 530-539

  Liu, Xinqiao ^a,b   El Gamal, Abbas ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Canesta Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS image sensor; Dynamic range extension; Motion blur restoration; Motion detection; Photocurrent estimation; Saturation detection

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; PHOTOCURRENTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MOTION BLUR RESTORATION;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0038273896     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2003.809815     Document Type: Article

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