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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:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2000
Applicant:
William M. Barnick, Fairport, NY (US);
Inventor:
William M. Barnick, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K015/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for correcting defects () in an imaging system () that comprises several steps. Transmitting a digital image () to at least one spatial light modulator and capturing the resulting image. Comparing variation in intensity between each image pixel and at least one reference image pixel and deriving a correction factor () from the comparison. Determining gain of correction () at each code value () for each image pixel and applying the correction factor () and gain to the digital image ().