Presentation 2023-02-21
Low-latency shot noise reduction method for ultra-high definition cameras
Kodai Kikuchi, Kohei Tomioka, Usui Takemichi, Kitamura Kazuya, Keigo Hirakawa,
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Abstract(in English) A real-time shot noise reduction system for 4K/8K ultra-high definition cameras is developed, which incorporates the existing Skellam MRSO (minimum risk shrinkage operator; a high-performance and fast denoising method using Haar-wavelet transform and Skellam analysis) into an FPGA (field-programmable gate array) device. Adding pipeline processing technique, memory usage reduction and shrinkage adjustment function to the device, shot noise reduction of 4K/59.94 fps monochrome video with less than one frame latency is achieved.
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Keyword(in English) Shot noise reduction / Poisson distribution / Skellam distribution / Wavelet transform / UHDTV
Paper # ITS2022-52,IE2022-69
Date of Issue 2023-02-14 (ITS, IE)

Conference Information
Committee IE / ITS / ITE-MMS / ITE-ME / ITE-AIT
Conference Date 2023/2/21(2days)
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Place (in English) Hokkaido Univ.
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Topics (in English) Image Processing, etc.
Chair Kazuya Kodama(NII) / Masahiro Fujii(Utsunomiya Univ.) / Kenji Machida(NHK) / Hiroyuki Arai(Nippon Inst. of Tech.) / Hisaki Nate(Tokyo Polytechnic Univ.)
Vice Chair Hiroyuki Bandoh(NTT) / Toshihiko Yamazaki(Univ. of Tokyo) / Kohei Ohno(Meiji Univ.) / Naohisa Hashimoto(AIST) / / Shogo Muramatsu(Niigata Univ)
Secretary Hiroyuki Bandoh(KDDI Research) / Toshihiko Yamazaki(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) / Kohei Ohno(Toyama Prefectural Univ.) / Naohisa Hashimoto(NIT, Tsuruoka College) / (Fukuoka Univ.) / Shogo Muramatsu(NHK) / (Hokkaido Univ.)
Assistant Shunsuke Iwamura(NHK) / Shinobu Kudo(NTT) / Taishi Swabe(NAIST) / Keiji Jimi(Gunma Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Image Engineering / Technical Committee on Intelligent Transport Systems Technology / Technical Group on Multi-media Storage / Technical Group on Media Engineering / Technical Group on Artistic Image Technology
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Low-latency shot noise reduction method for ultra-high definition cameras
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Shot noise reduction
Keyword(2) Poisson distribution
Keyword(3) Skellam distribution
Keyword(4) Wavelet transform
Keyword(5) UHDTV
1st Author's Name Kodai Kikuchi
1st Author's Affiliation Japan Broadcasting Corporation(NHK)
2nd Author's Name Kohei Tomioka
2nd Author's Affiliation Japan Broadcasting Corporation(NHK)
3rd Author's Name Usui Takemichi
3rd Author's Affiliation Japan Broadcasting Corporation(NHK)
4th Author's Name Kitamura Kazuya
4th Author's Affiliation Japan Broadcasting Corporation(NHK)
5th Author's Name Keigo Hirakawa
5th Author's Affiliation University of Dayton(University of Dayton)
Date 2023-02-21
Paper # ITS2022-52,IE2022-69
Volume (vol) vol.122
Number (no) ITS-384,IE-385
Page pp.pp.53-58(ITS), pp.53-58(IE),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2023-02-14 (ITS, IE)