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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:
Jun. 20, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Schwartz, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358520 ; 358521 ; 358522 ;
Abstract
An image processing system redistributes image luminance values in an image represented in u'v'L* space to achieve a near-optimal fit of luminance data to available dynamic range and to enhance the shape and detail of the resultant image. Redistribution may be accomplished by passing the image through a filter having a peak response at a spatial frequency at which the human eye is highly sensitive, and then equalizing a cumulative histogram of filtered pixels. An image may be transformed to compensate for tone compression which accompanies printing processes.