Image analysis – Image enhancement or restoration – Image filter
Reexamination Certificate
2004-11-05
2008-12-09
Patel, Kanji (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Image enhancement or restoration
Image filter
C358S003270
Reexamination Certificate
active
07463784
ABSTRACT:
An image processing apparatus for sharpening photographic image data obtained through digitization of a photographic image by using a sharpening filter capable of sharpening intensity adjustment. The apparatus includes a parameter determining section for extracting from the photographic image data a predetermined color pixel showing a predetermined color and then giving a sharpening intensity adjustment parameter to the predetermined color pixel and a sharpening operation section for effecting a pixel-by-pixel sharpening operation on the photographic image data while adjusting a sharpening intensity of the sharpening filter according to the sharpening intensity adjustment parameter.
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Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd.
Patel Kanji
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