Method and apparatus for enhancement of digital image quality
First Claim
1. A digital image quality enhancement method where image data comprising pixels with a predetermined resolution is obtained by scanning a script comprising a combination of a background, a text, and an image, the method comprising:
- converting RGB color data of a pixel of interest into color data having a brightness component and a saturation component;
classifying the pixel of interest into any of a background pixel, an image pixel, and a text pixel using the brightness component and the saturation component;
storing a number of successive background pixels or image pixels before the pixel of interest and the pixel of interest, as history information regarding the pixel of interest;
labeling the pixel of interest as any of a text area, a background area, and an image area using the history information regarding the pixel of interest;
enhancing an image quality of the pixel of interest to different degrees depending on the area labeled; and
determining whether the pixel of interest is a final pixel of which the image quality is to be improved.
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Abstract
A digital image quality enhancement method and apparatus convert RGB color data of a pixel of interest into color data having a brightness component and a saturation component, and segment the pixel of interest into a background pixel, an image pixel, or a text pixel using the brightness component and the saturation component. The method and apparatus label the pixel of interest as a text area, a background area, or an image area using history information regarding the pixel of interest, where the history information is a number of successive background pixels or image pixels before the pixel of interest. An image quality of the pixel of interest is enhanced to degrees corresponding to the area labeled and the method determines whether the pixel of interest is a final pixel of which an image quality is to be improved.
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50 Claims
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1. A digital image quality enhancement method where image data comprising pixels with a predetermined resolution is obtained by scanning a script comprising a combination of a background, a text, and an image, the method comprising:
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converting RGB color data of a pixel of interest into color data having a brightness component and a saturation component;
classifying the pixel of interest into any of a background pixel, an image pixel, and a text pixel using the brightness component and the saturation component;
storing a number of successive background pixels or image pixels before the pixel of interest and the pixel of interest, as history information regarding the pixel of interest;
labeling the pixel of interest as any of a text area, a background area, and an image area using the history information regarding the pixel of interest;
enhancing an image quality of the pixel of interest to different degrees depending on the area labeled; and
determining whether the pixel of interest is a final pixel of which the image quality is to be improved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A digital image quality enhancement method, the method comprising:
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converting RGB color data of a pixel of interest into color data having a brightness component and a saturation component;
segmenting the pixel of interest into a background pixel, an image pixel, or a text pixel using the brightness component and the saturation component;
labeling the pixel of interest as a text area, a background area, or an image area using history information regarding the pixel of interest, wherein the history information is a number of successive background pixels or image pixels before the pixel of interest;
enhancing an image quality of the pixel of interest to degrees corresponding to the area labeled; and
determining whether the pixel of interest is a final pixel of which an image quality is to be improved. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A digital image quality enhancement apparatus, comprising:
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a classification unit classifying a pixel of interest in image data comprising pixels with a predetermined resolution and obtained by scanning a script comprising a combination of a background, a text, and an image into any of a text area, a background area, and an image area; and
an image quality enhancement unit enhancing a quality of an image to different degrees according to an area to which the pixel of interest belongs, wherein the classification unit comprises;
a color data conversion unit converting RGB color data of the pixel of interest into brightness/saturation data having a brightness component and a saturation component;
a pixel segmentation unit classifying the pixel of interest into any of a background pixel, an image pixel, and a text pixel by using the brightness/saturation data and outputting a result of the classification as a pixel segmentation signal;
a history information storage unit counting a number of successive background pixels before the pixel of interest using the pixel segmentation signal and storing the counted number of background pixels as background history information in a predetermined address corresponding to the pixel of interest, or counting a number of successive image pixels before the pixel of interest and storing the counted number of image pixels as image history information in the address corresponding to the pixel of interest; and
an area segmentation unit receiving the background or image history information regarding the pixel of interest from the history information storage unit, classifying the pixel of interest into any of the text area, the background area, and the image area by using the received background or image history information, labeling the pixel of interest as the text when the pixel of interest is classified into the text area, labeling the pixel of interest as the background when the pixel of interest is classified into the background area, and labeling the pixel of interest as the image when the pixel of interest is classified into the image area. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49)
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50. A digital image quality enhancement apparatus, comprising:
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a color data conversion unit converting RGB color data of a pixel of interest into color data having a brightness component and a saturation component;
a pixel segmentation unit segmenting the pixel of interest into a background pixel, an image pixel, or a text pixel using the brightness component and the saturation component;
a history information storage unit labeling the pixel of interest as a text area, a background area, or an image area using history information regarding the pixel of interest, wherein the history information is a number of successive background pixels or image pixels before the pixel of interest;
an image quality enhancement unit enhancing an image quality of the pixel of interest to degrees corresponding to the area labeled; and
an area segmentation unit determining whether the pixel of interest is a final pixel of which an image quality is to be improved.
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