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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2007
David L. Buck, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian T. Williams, San Diego, CA (US);
Elan Sharghi, San Diego, CA (US);
David L. Buck, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian T. Williams, San Diego, CA (US);
Elan Sharghi, San Diego, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method includes the steps of selecting an image filtering technique, receiving an image from an image source, processing the received image to provide a processed image, and displaying the processed image to a user. Processing the received image includes the steps of adjusting the received image to provide an adjusted image, filtering the adjusted image according to the selected image filtering technique to provide a filtered image, and adjusting the filtered image. The image filtering technique may be selected from histogram equalization, band-pass filtering, adaptive enhancement filtering, or other techniques. The method may be used in an image processing system having memory, a processor, and a display.