Michael T Fallon

US Patent:

8379980, Feb 19, 2013

Filed:

Mar 25, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/071999

Inventors:

Yuh-Lin E. Chang - Fremont CA, US
Stewart N. Taylor - Los Altos CA, US
Michael F. Fallon - Tiverton RI, US

Assignee:

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06K 9/40

US Classification:

382173

Abstract:

Methods, systems and computer program products to improve the efficiency and computational speed of an image enhancement process. In an embodiment, information that is generated as interim results during feature extraction may be used in a segmentation and classification process and in a content adaptive enhancement process. In particular, a cleaner image that is generated during a noise removal phase of feature extraction may be used in a content adaptive enhancement process. This saves the content adaptive enhancement process from having to generate a cleaner image on its own. In addition, low-level segmentation information that is generated during a neighborhood analysis and cleanup phase of feature extraction may be used in a segmentation and classification process. This saves the segmentation and classification process from having to generate low-level segmentation information on its own.