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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:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
May. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Julian G Bullitt, Newton, MA (US);
Allan C Green, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348254 ; 348675 ; 358519 ;
Abstract
An improved electronic still imaging camera is described wherein electronic voltage values representative of an image are transformed according to an optimum tone scale mapping gamma curve. The gamma curve utilizes a subjective element along with an element associated with scene reflectivity to optimize tone scale variations according to steps in an analog-to-digital converter while reducing contouring in the image.