Method and apparatus for enhancing a digital image by applying an inverse histogram-based pixel mapping function to pixels of the digital image
US7020332B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T5/75
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and associated device wherein an inverse histogram based pixel mapping step is combined with an edge enhancement step such as unsharp masking. In such an arrangement the inverse histogram based pixel mapping step improves the performance of the unsharp masking step, serving to minimize the enhancement of noise components while desired signal components are sharpened.
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