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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gina N. LaRossa, Rochester, NY (US);
Hsien-Che Lee, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ;
Abstract
A digital image processing method, includes the steps of: transforming the digital image using an edge sensitive wavelet transform to produce a plurality of wavelet coefficients at various resolutions and a residual image; modifying the wavelet coefficients as a function of the image gradient and its rate of change at a resolution corresponding to the respective wavelet coefficient; and inverse transforming the modified wavelet coefficients and the residual image to produce a processed digital image.