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Method for enhancing object contour of image in real-time video

US12131445B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 2020
Grant dateOct 29, 2024
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20192
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for enhancing the contour of an object in a real-time video image includes: acquiring a captured video, and dividing a next frame of image in the video into a plurality of image blocks; subjecting each pixel in each of the image blocks to contour enhancement based on a gradient algorithm; subjecting the plurality of contour-enhanced image blocks as a whole to noise filtering by using a Gaussian filtering method to obtain a noise-filtered image; and subjecting the entire noise-filtered image to contrast processing based on gamma transformation to obtain a final enhanced image. The method is used for image contour enhancement, and solves the problem that it is hard to recognize an object with low recognizability in an image (i.e., original image) output by a device in the prior art.

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