Image analysis – Image sensing
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-17
2009-11-10
Patel, Kanji (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Image sensing
C382S254000, C348S335000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07616841
ABSTRACT:
A unified design strategy takes into account different subsystems within an overall electro-optic imaging system. In one implementation, the design methodology predicts end-to-end imaging performance using a spatial model for the source and models for the optical subsystem, the detector subsystem and the digital image processing subsystem. The optical subsystem and digital image processing subsystems are jointly designed taking into account the entire system. The intermediate image produced by the optical subsystem is not required to be high quality since, for example, the quality may be corrected by the digital image processing subsystem.
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Robinson M. Dirk
Stork David G
Fenwick & West LLP
Patel Kanji
Ricoh Co. Ltd.
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