Patent Document ID: 8649629
Application ID: 11902096
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image enhancement system comprising: a global illumination estimator device for estimating a global illumination from a value (V) component image of an input image; a local illumination estimator device for estimating a local illumination using the V component image and the estimated global illumination; a reflectance estimator device for estimating a reflectance using the V component image, the estimated global illumination, and the estimated local illumination; a global/local illumination and reflectance enhancer device for performing gamma corrections on the estimated global and local illuminations to decrease the dynamic ranges and for performing a gamma correction on the estimated reflectance to increase contrast of the estimated reflectance; and a brightness corrector device for outputting an output V component image obtained by multiplying the gamma corrected estimated global illumination by the gamma corrected estimated local illumination, both of which are output from the global/local illumination and reflectance enhancer, and for adjusting the brightness range of the output V component image to a brightness range of an output device.