Enhancing high-resolution images with data from low-resolution images
US11004178B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 2019 |
| Grant date | May 11, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20056
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Users often desire to capture certain images from an application. For example, gamers can capture displayed images from a game to show they obtained a skill level within the game or simply to capture a particular scene within the game. Existing methods of capturing images can result in low-resolution images due to limitations of the display device providing the images. This disclosure provides a method of capturing higher resolution images from source images. Techniques are also disclosed to reduce the storage size associated with the higher resolution images. Through capturing low-resolution versions of the same source images, image effects can be captured and applied to the higher resolution images where those image effects may be altered or missing. Frequency spectrum combination can be used to combine the low-resolution image data and the higher resolution image data. The higher resolution images can be processed using a segmentation scheme, such as tiling, without reducing or limiting the image effects.
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