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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:
Jul. 04, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Vernon R. Goodman, Rockwall, TX (US);

Rebekah Montgomery, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/66 (2006.01); H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 11/04 (2006.01); H04N 19/85 (2014.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 19/119 (2014.01); H04N 19/137 (2014.01); H04N 19/126 (2014.01); H04N 19/29 (2014.01); H04N 19/86 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/00903 (2013.01); G06T 5/00 (2013.01); H04N 19/119 (2014.11); H04N 19/126 (2014.11); H04N 19/137 (2014.11); H04N 19/29 (2014.11); H04N 19/86 (2014.11);
Abstract

Embodiments of a method and apparatus for video enhancement are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the method includes accessing a first frame of the video. The first frame can include pixel data with intensity values within one of a number of non-overlapping ranges of intensity values. The method can further include compressing the intensity values of the first pixel data to generate non-linearly compressed (NLC) pixel data such that the intensity values are compressed into smaller ranges of intensity values. The method can further include upsampling the NLC pixel data based on an upsampling ratio. The method can further include decompressing the intensity values of the upsampled pixel data by reassigning intensity values of the upsampled pixel data to intensity values in the original intensity value ranges. Other example methods, systems, and apparatuses are described.


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