Method of processing an infrared image, infrared image capturing system and computer readable medium
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1. A method of processing an infrared image, the method comprising:
- capturing the infrared image;
processing the infrared image to provide a background portion of the infrared image and a detail portion of the infrared image;
scaling the background portion and/or the detail portion to provide a level of the detail portion relative to a level of the background portion;
receiving a user operated control signal value from a user controlling two variables with a single control, wherein the processing and the scaling use filtering and gain values, respectively, corresponding to the control signal value;
merging the background portion and the detail portion after the scaling to provide a processed infrared image, wherein the merging of the background and the detail portion is controlled by the two variables, wherein a first variable of the two variables represents a standard deviation of the radiometric Gaussian, and wherein a second variable of the two variables represents a ratio between a dynamic range of the detail portion and a dynamic range of the background portion; and
storing or displaying the processed infrared image.
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Abstract
A system and method for processing an infrared image. The infrared image is processed to provide a background portion of the infrared image and a detail portion of the infrared image. The background portion and/or the detail portion is scaled to provide a level of the detail portion relative to a level of the background portion. The background portion and the detail portion are merged after the scaling to provide a processed infrared image. The processed infrared image is stored.
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1. A method of processing an infrared image, the method comprising:
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capturing the infrared image; processing the infrared image to provide a background portion of the infrared image and a detail portion of the infrared image; scaling the background portion and/or the detail portion to provide a level of the detail portion relative to a level of the background portion; receiving a user operated control signal value from a user controlling two variables with a single control, wherein the processing and the scaling use filtering and gain values, respectively, corresponding to the control signal value; merging the background portion and the detail portion after the scaling to provide a processed infrared image, wherein the merging of the background and the detail portion is controlled by the two variables, wherein a first variable of the two variables represents a standard deviation of the radiometric Gaussian, and wherein a second variable of the two variables represents a ratio between a dynamic range of the detail portion and a dynamic range of the background portion; and storing or displaying the processed infrared image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An infrared image capturing system, comprising:
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an infrared detector configured to capture an infrared image; a processor; a display; a single control configured to control both of two variables; and a memory structure configured to store information to control the processor to perform infrared image processing comprising; processing the infrared image to provide a background portion of the infrared image and a detail portion of the infrared image; scaling the background portion and/or the detail portion to provide a level of the detail portion relative to a level of the background portion; receiving a user operated control signal value from a user controlling the two variables with the single control, wherein the processing and the scaling use filtering and gain values, respectively, corresponding to the control signal value; merging the background portion and the detail portion after the scaling to provide a processed infrared image, wherein the merging of the background and the detail portion is controlled by the two variables, wherein a first variable of the two variables represents a standard deviation of the radiometric Gaussian, and wherein a second variable of the two variables represents a ratio between a dynamic range of the detail portion and a dynamic range of the background portion; storing or displaying the processed infrared image; and wherein the display is configured to display the processed infrared image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product of processing an infrared image, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable medium, computer program instructions recorded on the computer readable medium and executable by a processor for performing a method comprising; capturing the infrared image; processing the infrared image to provide a background portion of the infrared image and a detail portion of the infrared image; scaling the background portion and/or the detail portion to provide a level of the detail portion relative to a level of the background portion; receiving a user operated control signal value from a user controlling two variables with a single control, wherein the processing and the scaling use filtering and gain values, respectively, corresponding to the control signal value; merging the background portion and the detail portion after the scaling to provide a processed infrared image, wherein the merging of the background and the detail portion is controlled by the two variables, wherein a first variable represents a standard deviation of the radiometric Gaussian, and wherein a second variable represents the ratio between the dynamic range of the detailed portion and the dynamic range of the background portion; and storing or displaying the processed infrared image. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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