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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:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1999
Susan R. Nelson, Panama City, FL (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An image processing method improves contrast of relevant subject matter surrounded or partially bordered by a substantially homogeneous background. A first sub-image is defined that includes the relevant subject matter and a reduced amount of the substantially homogeneous background. A second sub-image is defined from the first sub-image that is substantially just the relevant subject matter. If any of the homogeneous background remains, a smoothing routine can be applied to the edges of the second sub-image. The second sub-image can then be re-scaled to a given dynamic range for improved contrast of the relevant subject matter.
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