Image analysis – Image enhancement or restoration – Artifact removal or suppression
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-18
2009-10-06
Do, Anh Hong (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Image enhancement or restoration
Artifact removal or suppression
C382S167000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07599577
ABSTRACT:
A method for digital image eye artifact detection and correction include identifying one or more candidate red-eye defect regions in an acquired image. For one or more candidate red-eye regions, a seed pixels and/or a region of pixels having a high intensity value in the vicinity of the candidate red-eye region is identified. The shape, roundness or other eye-related characteristic of a combined hybrid region including the candidate red-eye region and the region of high intensity pixels is analyzed. Based on the analysis of the eye-related characteristic of the combined hybrid region, it is determined whether to apply flash artifact correction, including red eye correction of the candidate red-eye region and/or correction of the region of high intensity pixels.
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Capata Adrian
Ciuc Mihai
Corcoran Peter
Nanu Florin
Steinberg Eran
Do Anh Hong
FotoNation Vision Limited
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