US 11,776,138 B2
Correcting line bias in an image
Michael Bleyer, Seattle, WA (US); Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Carnation, WA (US); and Raymond Kirk Price, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/122,661.
Prior Publication US 2022/0189043 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06T 7/269 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/269 (2017.01) [G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20192 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20201 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising
receiving, from an imaging device, a plurality of images each comprising a plurality of lines of pixels;
for each image of the plurality of images,
for each line of pixels of the plurality of lines of pixels,
based at least on one or more pixel values of one or more pixels in the line of pixels, determining a line bias correction for the line by computing a cost function for each of two or more potential line bias corrections, and selecting a potential line bias correction that produces a lower cost function value as the line bias correction; and
applying the line bias correction to each pixel in the line, the line bias correction comprising an offset applied to each pixel value in the line of pixels.