Television – Camera – system and detail – Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-07
2006-11-07
Ho, Tuan (Department: 2622)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
C348S341000, C348S252000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07133070
ABSTRACT:
A captured image is processed with one or more correction processes selected from a plurality of such processes, each associated with correction of a specific type of image defect, in order to improve the appearance of a viewed image generated from the captured image. Preliminary to the image processing, meta data related to image capture is obtained that is unique to each captured image, where the meta data is capable of indicating whether the specific types of image defects are likely to be present in the viewed image generated from the captured image. The processing then involves predicting the presence of the image defects based at least in part on the meta data, thereby generating process application criteria which indicate a level of image defect that if left untreated would reduce the perceived quality of the viewed image; selecting one or more correction processes to employ on the captured image based on the process application criteria; and applying the one or more selected correction processes to the captured image to generate the viewed image.
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Keelan Brian W.
Wheeler Richard B.
Eastman Kodak Company
Henn Timothy J.
Ho Tuan
Woods David M.
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