IP Library Granted Patent US 7,606,437
Granted Patent B2
US 7,606,437 · App. 11/033,072 · Granted Oct 20, 2009

Image processing based on ambient air attributes

Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
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Patent No.
US 7,606,437
App. No.
11/033,072
Granted
Oct 20, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of processing a digital image captured by a camera includes providing an ambient air measuring device associated with the camera; using the ambient air measuring device to measure air attributes at substantially the time the digital image was captured; determining a transform for modifying the digital image from the measured air attributes; and applying the transform to the digital image to produce an improved digital image.

Claims (7)

1. A method of processing a digital image captured by a camera comprising:

(a) providing an ambient air measuring device associated with the camera;

(b) using the ambient air measuring device to measure air attributes at substantially the time the digital image was captured;

(c) determining a transform for modifying the digital image from the measured air attributes;

(d) applying the transform to the digital image to produce an improved digital image; and wherein the transform includes a noise table representing noise magnitude vs. intensity of the digital image, and the noise table is a function of the measured air attributes.

2. The method claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transform provides image noise reduction or sharpening or both.

3. The method claimed in claim 1 , wherein the measured air attribute is ambient air temperature.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2023
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC
To: MONUMENT PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 064599/0304 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2017
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC
To: MONUMENT PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 041941/0079 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2013
From: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC
Reel/Frame 030215/0289 →
PATENT RELEASE Recorded Feb 1, 2013
From: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.; WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY; EASTMAN KODAK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL COMPANY, INC.; FAR EAST DEVELOPMENT LTD.; KODAK (NEAR EAST), INC.; KODAK AMERICAS, LTD.; KODAK PORTUGUESA LIMITED; KODAK REALTY, INC.; LASER-PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION; KODAK AVIATION LEASING LLC; KODAK PHILIPPINES, LTD.; NPEC INC.; FPC INC.; KODAK IMAGING NETWORK, INC.; PAKON, INC.; QUALEX INC.; CREO MANUFACTURING AMERICA LLC
Reel/Frame 029913/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2012
From: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY; PAKON, INC.
To: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 028201/0420 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2005
From: GALLAGHER, ANDREW C.
To: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Reel/Frame 016179/0148 →
Continuity (1)
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