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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Po-Chieh Hung, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/186 (2014.01); G06T 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/186 (2014.11); G06T 9/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/642 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for encoding a monochrome or color image. The method includes receiving an image and adjusting the image based on a global uniform macro-type color space. The image is modified spatially based on a local uniform micro-type edge characteristic that includes a just-noticeable difference (JND), and the image is outputted.