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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshinori Ohno, Kyoto, JP;
SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An image processing element(image processing apparatus) of the present invention, the benchmark value calculation elementcalculates a benchmark value indicating the unevenness level of the brightness value from the brightness distribution in the proximity of pixels and the area-dividing elementsets up the enhancement level (property of the filter or intensity of the filter) corresponding to the unevenness level of the benchmark value per se every divided divided-area, so that an adjustment corresponding to the level of the brightness value is unnecessary and the enhancement processing can be executed in high-accuracy from a low-brightness portion to a high-brightness portion. In addition, no setting depending on the brightness value is mandatory, so that a fine setting and a fine adjustment prior to imaging is unnecessary and a highly-accurate processing can be executed securely even when the imaging environment and an imaging condition change.