System and method for image improvement and enhancement

US8948539B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8948539-B2
Application numberUS-201314022148-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 9, 2013
Priority dateSep 28, 2011
Publication dateFeb 3, 2015
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015

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System and method for image improvement comprising providing a series of frames; summing pixel values to obtain frame intensity; computing average frame intensity; determining frame intensity deviation for each frame by subtracting average frame intensity from frame intensity; determining an array of average pixel values (AAPV) and subtracting AAPV from the pixel value arrays to determine positive or negative pixel deviation values; grouping frames in first or second groups depending positive or negative frame intensity deviation; selecting all pixel values having a positive or negative deviation value and creating subgroups of positive or negative pixel deviation value frames, multiplying the pixel deviation value frames in each subgroup by frame intensity deviation to create first product arrays, which are summed together and divided by total number of frames to obtain second product arrays for each subgroup; selecting one or more of second product arrays to generate an image.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A processor-implemented method for image improvement comprising the following steps not necessarily in sequential order: providing a series of frames; determining the value of each pixel at each location within each frame to form a pixel value array for each frame; summing the pixel values in each frame to obtain the frame intensity for each frame; computing the average frame intensity for the series of frames; determining the frame intensity d…

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What does patent US8948539B2 cover?
System and method for image improvement comprising providing a series of frames; summing pixel values to obtain frame intensity; computing average frame intensity; determining frame intensity deviation for each frame by subtracting average frame intensity from frame intensity; determining an array of average pixel values (AAPV) and subtracting AAPV from the pixel value arrays to determine posit…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Us Army Res Lab, Us Army
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06T5/50. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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