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Image enhancement employing partial template matching

  • US 7,412,108 B2
  • Filed: 07/11/2007
  • Issued: 08/12/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image enhancement system, the system comprising:

  • memory adapted to store pixels corresponding to an image;

    a selector adapted to select a plurality of stored pixels defining a window, where the window includes a target pixel;

    a plurality of templates each having one or more pixels;

    a pixel comparator adapted to compare pixels of interest in the window with corresponding pixels of a template of the plurality of templates; and

    a pixel substitutor adapted to substitute an enhancement pixel for the target pixel in response to an occurrence of a partial match as determined by the pixel comparator, where a partial match occurs when a number of pixels of interest in the window pass their respective comparison and such number of pixels exceeds or equals a predetermined threshold.

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