Image analysis – Image transformation or preprocessing – Measuring image properties
Patent
1998-11-19
2000-12-05
Mehta, Bhavesh
Image analysis
Image transformation or preprocessing
Measuring image properties
382199, 348 65, G06K 936
Patent
active
061577480
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for processing a digitized image obtained by a multicore fiber or a multifiber, including calculating for each core of the multicore fiber or the multifiber, a transmitted intensity equal to a sum of intensities of pixels of the digitized image located within a predefined zone around each core; calculating a standardized intensity for each core, by dividing the transmitted intensity by an intensity transmitted by a corresponding core in a reference image; and calculating an interpolated value of an intensity of each pixel of the digitized image, as a function of standardized intensities of three cores of a predetermined triangular matrix and a relative position of each pixel with respect to the three cores. A computer program product is provided, including a computer storage medium and a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for causing a computer to process a digitized image obtained by a multicore fiber or a multifiber. The computer program code mechanism, including a first code segment configured to calculate for each core of the multicore fiber or the multifiber, a transmitted intensity equal to a sum of intensities of pixels of the digitized image located within a predefined zone around each core; a second code segment configured to calculate a standardized intensity for each core, by dividing the transmitted intensity by an intensity transmitted by a corresponding core in a reference image; and a third code segment configured to calculate an interpolated value of an intensity of each pixel of the digitized image, as a function of standardized intensities of three cores of a predetermined triangular matrix and a relative position of each pixel with respect to the three cores.
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Depeursinge Christian
Taleblou Fatemeh
Adromis S. A.
Mehta Bhavesh
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