Patent ID: 8064716
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method enhancing a digital image, comprising the steps of: (a) using software executing from a machine-readable physical medium on a computerized appliance, selecting a digital image as an original image to be enhanced, wherein pixel values for an image attribute in the original image range from zero to a maximum value; (b) normalizing pixel values in the original image to values between 0 and 1 proportionally; (b) calculating new normalized pixel values for a first altered image using an equation p c) calculating new normalized pixel values for a second altered image using the same equation and procedure as for the first altered image, with a value C d) producing actual pixel values for the first and second altered images from the calculated normalized values; e) displaying the first and second altered images to a user for selection; f) selecting one of the first and second altered images by the user as preferable.