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Data processing apparatus and method of processing data

US7002603B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 2002
Grant dateFeb 21, 2006
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20064
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data processing apparatus is operable to determine non-linear distortion applied to an image in which template signals have been introduced into at least first and second frequency bands of the image respectively, the template signals having a predetermined relationship with each other. The apparatus comprises an image dividing processor operable to generate data representative of selected parts of the image, a transform detection processor operable to generate at least one parameter representative of a linear transformation applied to each of the parts of the image, and a non-linear transform processor operable to estimate parameters of a non-linear transformation representative of the non-linear distortion applied to the image from the linear transform parameters of at least two parts of the image.The data processing apparatus provides a facility for determining parameters of a non-linear transform representative of the distortion applied to the image as a whole. The distortion is therefore evaluated by generating linear transform parameters for different parts of the image and then determining the non-linear transform parameters in accordance with a relationship with the linea…

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