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Number: 382/254
Name: Image analysis > Image enhancement or restoration
Description: Subject matter directed to the improvement of pictorial or image information so that the result is more suitable than the original information for human or machine interpretation.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
382/275 Artifact removal or suppression (e.g., distortion correction) 1,132
382/266 Edge or contour enhancement 858
382/255 Focus measuring or adjusting (e.g., deblurring) 219
382/260 Image filter 920
382/274 Intensity, brightness, contrast, or shading correction 1,296
382/256 Object boundary expansion or contraction 110
382/270 Variable threshold, gain, or slice level 467


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7620892 Server based image processing for client display of documents Nov. 17, 2009
7619628 Caching digital image data Nov. 17, 2009
7620259 History adding device for generating history-added image file, electronic camera, and image processing program for processing history-added image file Nov. 17, 2009
7620263 Anti-clipping method for image sharpness enhancement Nov. 17, 2009
7620265 Color invariant image fusion of visible and thermal infrared video Nov. 17, 2009
7619622 Selective rendering for driver classes Nov. 17, 2009
7617060 Extracting higher order information from scene-based Shack-Hartmann wave-front sensing Nov. 10, 2009
7616842 End-to-end design of electro-optic imaging systems with constrained digital filters Nov. 10, 2009
7616841 End-to-end design of electro-optic imaging systems Nov. 10, 2009
7613363 Image superresolution through edge extraction and contrast enhancement Nov. 3, 2009
7613359 Single-chip color camera for high accuracy image measurements Nov. 3, 2009
7613353 Method of color image processing to eliminate shadows and reflections Nov. 3, 2009
7613338 Image processing method and apparatus, program, and storage medium Nov. 3, 2009
7612804 Methods and apparatuses for image processing Nov. 3, 2009
7612916 Image processing device, image processing method, and computer program Nov. 3, 2009
7609905 Method and arrangement for image representation of two-dimensional image data Oct. 27, 2009
7609275 System and method for mosaic rendering of three dimensional image Oct. 27, 2009
7609870 Methods and systems for enhancing images Oct. 27, 2009
7609912 Image transforming device and method based on edges Oct. 27, 2009
7606439 Method for extracting raw data from an image resulting from a camera shot Oct. 20, 2009
7605825 Fast zoom-adaptable anti-aliasing of lines using a graphics processing unit Oct. 20, 2009
7606437 Image processing based on ambient air attributes Oct. 20, 2009
7602987 Defective pixel correcting method, software and image processing system for implementing the method Oct. 13, 2009
7602988 Method for adjusting saturation and contrast of an area of an image and apparatus thereof Oct. 13, 2009
7602967 Method of improving image quality Oct. 13, 2009
7602525 Method of producing color conversion table, image processing device, image processing method, program and recording medium Oct. 13, 2009
7602949 Method and system for enhancing portrait images that are processed in a batch mode Oct. 13, 2009
7599538 Method and system for automatic intra-oral sensor locating for image acquisition Oct. 6, 2009
7599550 Method for accurate real-time compensation for changing illumination spectra in digital video cameras Oct. 6, 2009
7596248 Method for identification of person by recognition of a digital fingerprint Sep. 29, 2009
7593586 Method and system for reducing artifacts in image detection Sep. 22, 2009
7593037 Imaging device and method for capturing image Sep. 22, 2009
7593585 Image processing apparatus and method therefor Sep. 22, 2009
7593598 System and method for efficient filter design through weighted difference of Gaussian filters Sep. 22, 2009
7593589 Image processing device for processing an image including multiple pixels to create a new image by emphasizing edges of an image Sep. 22, 2009
7590268 Method and apparatus for representing an area of a raster image by a centerline Sep. 15, 2009
7590293 Non-iterative method to restore image from transformed component data Sep. 15, 2009
7589729 Image synthesis by rank-1 lattices Sep. 15, 2009
7589740 Planetarium picture-creating apparatus and picture-creating method thereof Sep. 15, 2009
7587098 Pixel data generating method Sep. 8, 2009
7587097 Max entropy optimized retinal camera Sep. 8, 2009
7587096 Method and apparatus for image processing Sep. 8, 2009
7587094 Phase measurement system Sep. 8, 2009
7587095 Printing apparatus Sep. 8, 2009
7586498 Color temperature conversion method, medium, and apparatus for pixel brightness-based color correction Sep. 8, 2009
7586495 Rendering multiple clear rectangles using a pre-rendered depth buffer Sep. 8, 2009
7583851 Apparatus and method for processing an image Sep. 1, 2009
7583837 Method and system for preparing grayscale image files for highlight printing on a four color printer Sep. 1, 2009
7583442 Extended depth of field optical systems Sep. 1, 2009
7583292 Signal processing device and method, and recording medium Sep. 1, 2009

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