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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Hans-georg Schindler, Holzkirchen, DE;
Thomas Hagen, Neufarn, DE;
Stephan Thormann, Worthsee, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B027/52 ; G03B027/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Images being processed in a photographic laboratory system into different forms of output are automatically evaluated to determine for each image whether it is of sufficient quality to merit processing into a selected form of output. Each image is individually evaluated by determining a grade value for each of one or more characteristic properties of the image, by assigning a target value to each of the characteristic image properties relative to each available form of output, and by comparing the grade value to the target value for a selected form of output.