Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Laura Zhou

Charles Chi Jia

Cindy Y Sansom-Wai

Stanley McDaniel

A scanning device of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that includes a scanning mechanism and a removable storage media mechanism disposed within a housing of the scanning device. The scanning mechanism is to scan image data from scannable media. The removable storage media mechanism is receptive to a removable storage medium on which the image data scanned from the scannable media is stored.

Scanning to storage medium using scanning device

A system and method for removing optical iridescent artifacts in an image includes scanning an article having a transparent and reflective surface to create the image, identifying potential optical iridescent artifacts in the image resulting from the scan using a search pattern on the image of the article, confirming through a color analysis operation that the potential optical iridescent artifacts discovered along the search pattern are optical iridescent artifacts and not printed on the article and removing the confirmed iridescent artifacts from the image.

Method and apparatus for automatic removal of optical artifacts in scanning

A method of processing a scanned negative image produced by scanning a negative film includes creating a baseline positive image from the scanned negative image, analyzing at least one image characteristic of the baseline positive image, determining a film type of the negative film based on the at least one image characteristic, and producing a positive image from the scanned negative image based on the film type, including applying film-specific color inversion to the scanned negative image.

System and method of processing scanned negative image

An image processing apparatus and method for analyzing a digital image and automatically generating a visually attractive frame for the image. A data set for the image is analyzed, preferably in color space, to determine one or more image components representing dominant colors in the image. The components are characterized individually, and then these individual component characterizations are used to characterize the image overall. Based on the overall image characteristics, the framing scheme parameters are determined and used in turn to generate the attributes of a visually attractive frame for the image. A data set for the framed image is then generated, which may be sent to an imaging device for display or printing, or simply stored as a new data set for later use. The user has the ability to modify the rules that determine the framing scheme parameters so as to adjust the framed image if desired.

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Laura Zhou