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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:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Karen A. Panetta, Rockport, MA (US);
Sos Agaian, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Karen A. Panetta, Rockport, MA (US);
Sos Agaian, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for image processing include performing visual sub-band decomposition of an image using human visual system characteristics to generate a plurality of sub-band decomposed images, independently processing the plurality of sub-band decomposed images with at least one application, and fusing the independently processed sub-band decomposed images to reconstruct an output image.