Sharpening system adjusted for measured noise of photofinishing

Details Sharpening system adjusted for measured noise of photofinishing Sharpening system adjusted for measured noise of photofinishing

1998-02-03

2000-09-12

Lee, Thomas D.

Image analysis

Image enhancement or restoration

Edge or contour enhancement

382199, G06K 940

Patent

active

061189065

ABSTRACT:
A method of processing a digital image comprising the steps of: providing a pixellated digital image having noise components; measuring the noise components in the digital image with a noise estimation system to generate noise estimates; and sharpening the digital image with an image sharpening system which uses the noise estimates.

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