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Patent No.:

US 8977076 B1

Date of Patent:

Mar. 10, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2008

Thumbnail based image quality inspection

Applicants:

Ramin Samadani, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Daniel R. Tretter, San Jose, CA (US);

Keith Moore, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ramin Samadani, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Daniel R. Tretter, San Jose, CA (US);

Keith Moore, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:

Primary Examiner:

Randolph I Chu

Assistant Examiner:

Nathan Bloom

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/60 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/20 (2006.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 17/26 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); G06T 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/28 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

H04N 1/32101 (2013.01); G06T 3/0012 (2013.01); H04N 1/0044 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0081 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0089 (2013.01); H04N 2201/325 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3273 (2013.01);

Abstract

An input image () having a first pixel resolution is acquired from an image capture system (). A respective characterization of each of at least one visual quality feature of the input image () is determined. An output thumbnail image () is produced from the input image (). The output thumbnail image () reflects the respective characterization of each visual quality feature. The output thumbnail image () has a second pixel resolution lower than the first pixel resolution. The output thumbnail image () is output in association with operation of the image capture system ().

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