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Sharpening a digital image in accordance with magnification values

US7269300B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 2003
Grant dateSep 11, 2007
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/58
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of processing a digital image having pixels to improve the sharpness of a print generated from the digital image including determining a magnification value representing the magnification of a pixel of the digital image on the print based on the number of input digital image pixels and the output number of digital image pixels; producing a filter in response to the magnification value; using the filter to operate on the digital image to adjust the sharpness of the digital image to produce a sharpened digital image; resizing according to the magnification value the sharpened digital image to produce a resized sharpened digital image which includes the output number of digital image pixels; and producing the print based on the resized sharpened digital image.

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