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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:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dror Wertman, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
CMT Medical Technologies Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348673 ; 348687 ; 348678 ;
Abstract
A method for enhancing the contrast of an interlaced video input including a series of input video cycles, each input video cycle having a plurality of input fields, one field in each cycle being a bright field, the method including detecting at least some of the bright fields and constructing a contrast enhanced, dynamic, video output image based on the detected bright fields. Preferably, the contrast enhanced, dynamic, video image includes a series of output video sequences, each output video sequence having a plurality of output fields corresponding to one of the detected bright fields.