Model of the lateral inhibition, energy normalization, and noise

Details Model of the lateral inhibition, energy normalization, and noise Model of the lateral inhibition, energy normalization, and noise

1988-12-09

1991-07-16

Moore, David K.

Image analysis

Histogram processing

For setting a threshold

382 1, 382 65, 382 68, G06K 940

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ABSTRACT:
A digital image processing system is disclosed that uses a camera, a monitor and a computer which models the inhibition, energy normalization, and noise suppression processes in a generic retina. The retinal computer program enhances edges, eliminates brightness variations in a scene for a given object and background, and suppresses noise to the extent that objects were extracted from noise. The model uses many parameters which can be extensively adjusted in an attempt to achieve the optimum image.

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