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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010

Filed:

May. 26, 2009
Applicants:

Michael C. Hutchinson, Kent, WA (US);

Michael D. Horky, Kent, WA (US);

Mark A. Lee, Kent, WA (US);

William D. Meade, Tacoma, WA (US);

James C. Kennedy, Renton, WA (US);

Thomas E. Riechers, Sumner, WA (US);

Michael J. Duncan, Sumner, WA (US);

Inventors:

Michael C. Hutchinson, Kent, WA (US);

Michael D. Horky, Kent, WA (US);

Mark A. Lee, Kent, WA (US);

William D. Meade, Tacoma, WA (US);

James C. Kennedy, Renton, WA (US);

Thomas E. Riechers, Sumner, WA (US);

Michael J. Duncan, Sumner, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods of automatically adjusting brightness of a digital image are provided. A particular method includes accessing data including a first digital image and identifying text and background in the first digital image. The method also includes calculating an average pixel value exclusive of the text and the background for the first digital image. The method further includes adjusting a brightness setting associated with the first digital image based on the calculated average pixel value.


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