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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1996
David R Cok, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of interpolating a reference cumulative histogram for a source image located within an image sequence, the reference cumulative histogram to be used to adjust image pixel code values of the source image to remove unwanted variations in color or tone, e.g. 'flicker', while preserving an intended variation, e.g. 'fade to black' in the color or tone occurring during the course of the image sequence. The method employs conversion of cumulative histograms derived from reference image frames at opposite ends of the image sequence into inverse cumulative histograms and the weighted averaging of these inverse cumulative histogram values based on the time location of the source image frame in the sequence to derive an interpolated inverse cumulative histogram which is then converted into the reference cumulative histogram used for adjusting pixel code values, for example by histogram matching, to remove the undesired variation in color or tone without loss of the intentional variation in color or tone.