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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2003
Thomas Schuhrke, Munich, DE;
Martin Rother, Munich, DE;
Thomas Schuhrke, Munich, DE;
Martin Rother, Munich, DE;
Imaging Solutions AG, Regensdorf, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to an image-processing method for automated contrast modification of digital image data. At least one low and one high-frequency signal are formed based on the digital image signal of the image data; the low-frequency signal component is modified using a characteristic-curve function; and then the modified, low-frequency signal is again added to the high-frequency signal component. In order to prevent the occurrence of distracting artifacts, so-called 'halos', the formation of the low-frequency signal component to be modified is formed in dependence upon the high-frequency image components.