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Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2003
Applicants:

Gustav J. Braun, Fairport, NY (US);

Andrew C. Gallagher, Brockport, NY (US);

Raymond W. Ptucha, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);

Inventors:

Gustav J. Braun, Fairport, NY (US);

Andrew C. Gallagher, Brockport, NY (US);

Raymond W. Ptucha, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of processing a digital image having pixels to improve the sharpness of a print generated from the digital image including determining a magnification value representing the magnification of a pixel of the digital image on the print based on the number of input digital image pixels and the output number of digital image pixels; producing a filter in response to the magnification value; using the filter to operate on the digital image to adjust the sharpness of the digital image to produce a sharpened digital image; resizing according to the magnification value the sharpened digital image to produce a resized sharpened digital image which includes the output number of digital image pixels; and producing the print based on the resized sharpened digital image.


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