Image analysis – Image enhancement or restoration – Edge or contour enhancement
Patent
1995-06-06
1998-01-20
Boudreau, Leo
Image analysis
Image enhancement or restoration
Edge or contour enhancement
382268, 382254, G06K 940
Patent
active
057108404
ABSTRACT:
An image processing method and apparatus capable of sufficiently emphasizing binary density image area without deterioration of the image quality of a gray-scale or middle tone image area. During image processing, a density A.sub.0 of a center pixel is converted into a -A.sub.i).vertline.-K.sub.2).times..SIGMA.(A.sub.0 -A.sub.i)
wherein A.sub.i is a density of peripheral pixels surrounding the center pixel and K.sub.1 and K.sub.2 are constants, respectively.
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Anayama Ushio
Hideshima Takahiro
Bella Matthew C.
Boudreau Leo
Fuji Photo Film Co. , Ltd.
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