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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Rastislav Lukac, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Rastislav Lukac, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Foveon, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for sharpening an original digital image includes generating a smoothed image from the original image. A residual image is generated from the smoothed image and the original image. A sharpened smoothed image is generated. The residual image and the sharpened smoothed image are combined to produce a sharpened version of the original image.