Patent ID: 6778684
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for modifying electronic image data of an image to alter a perceived quality of the image, comprising:inputting the electronic image data, the electronic image data representing the image to be modified; analyzing the electronic image data to identify a plurality of data portions, each data portion representing a specific type of electronic data within the electronic image data; evaluating at least one of the plurality of identified data portion as one or more of at least acceptable, improvable or deficient based on one or more quality factors; creating at least one quality recommendation for each evaluated data portion that is identified as at least one of at least improvable or deficient, wherein each quality recommendation identifies a modification that can be made to at least the corresponding data portion of the image data to alter the perceived quality of at least that corresponding data portion; displaying at least one of the at least one quality recommendation; allowing a user to selectively apply levels of a modification identified by the at least one quality recommendation; and allowing the user to select for display the original electronic image and the modified electronic image.