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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
A B Mahmoodi, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Owen L Nelson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358284 ; 382 54 ;
Abstract
A method of enhancing images comprises making a point-by-point record of an image with successive pixels in a logical array, determining the standard deviation of the pixels, determining an effective central pixel value, and then displaying or recording the image using the determined central pixel values.