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Automated removal of narrow, elongated distortions from a digital image

  • US 6,266,054 B1
  • Filed: 11/05/1997
  • Issued: 07/24/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computer system, a method of removing from a digital image a narrow, elongated region of image distortion having a primary orientation, the method comprising the steps of:

  • identifying the primary orientation;

    identifying and storing in a memory of the computer system a set of attributes of a portion of the digital image, the attributes comprising a plurality of substantially one-dimensional pixel slices oriented by reference to the primary orientation;

    delineating the image distortion within the portion of the digital image as a function of the attributes stored in the memory; and

    removing the delineated image distortion utilizing a pixel replacement process.

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