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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. 03, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
John A. Weldy, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 ;
Abstract
A method of processing a digital color image comprising the steps of: providing a digital color image having pixels and a plurality of color channels; processing the image to provide a channel independent restored digital image; determining at least one predictor derived from the channel independent restored digital image or the digital color image; determining a channel interdependent color boost relationship from the at least one predictors; and applying the color boost relationship on a pixel by pixel basis to the respective channels of the digital color image to produce a processed digital color image.