Local change of an image sharpness of photographic images with masks
First Claim
1. Process for the change or alteration of the local sharpness of a photographic image having a multitude of image elements, including the steps of determining a correction mask for change of the sharpness from image data representing the image to be sharpened, whereby elements of the correction mask for the change of the sharpness and/or local sharpness describe a local change of the sharpness;
- and using, in addition to an image property, information relating to the image for determination of the elements
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Abstract
A process for the image sharpening of a photographic image with a multitude of image elements is disclosed, wherein a correction mask for the change of the image sharpness is determined from the image data representing the image to be corrected, whereby the elements of the correction mask for the change of the image sharpness locally describe the degree of contrast change to be carried out for the individual image elements, and whereby additional information relating to the image is used for the determination of the elements in addition to information on the local contrast.
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1. Process for the change or alteration of the local sharpness of a photographic image having a multitude of image elements, including the steps of
determining a correction mask for change of the sharpness from image data representing the image to be sharpened, whereby elements of the correction mask for the change of the sharpness and/or local sharpness describe a local change of the sharpness; - and
using, in addition to an image property, information relating to the image for determination of the elements - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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14. Device for the focussing of a photographic image with a multitude of image elements, comprising
a correction mask determining unit for determining a correction mask for the change of the image sharpness from the image data which represent the image to be sharpened, whereby the element of the correction mask for the change of the image sharpness describe the local change of the image sharpness, and for determining the elements on the basis of an image property and additional information relating to the image.
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