Image analysis – Image enhancement or restoration – Edge or contour enhancement
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-01
2009-10-20
Ahmed, Samir A. (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Image enhancement or restoration
Edge or contour enhancement
C382S162000, C358S519000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07606438
ABSTRACT:
To obtain an excellent edge enhancement effect even when dynamic γ correction processing is executed for an edge-enhanced image signal, and to obtain an excellent edge enhancement effect for various γ-characteristics. An edge component is detected from an input image signal. A γ correction curve is calculated based on characteristics of an image scene detected by a scene characteristic detector, and its data is stored in a dynamic γ correction RAM table and an inverse gradient RAM table. A gain controller multiplies the edge component by a control signal from the inverse gradient RAM table to generate an edge enhancement signal which is in turn added to the image signal to obtain an edge-enhanced signal. The inverse gradient RAM table sends an inverse number of a gradient of a γ correction curve corresponding to a signal level of the inputted image signal as the control signal to the gain controller. An edge-enhanced signal becomes an image signal for which dynamic γ correction is performed in accordance with a dynamic γ correction RAM table to be outputted.
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Ahmed Samir A.
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Fitzpatrick ,Cella, Harper & Scinto
Koziol Stephen R
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