Apparatus and method for transforming a digitized signal of an image
CA 1333636 C · Owner: Jaffray, Ian · Inventors: Bronskill, John F.; Jaffray, Ian
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The apparatus and method employ a variety of units including Laplacian filters, rank value filters edge, detectors, gain units and summation units to transform an, input digitized signal of an image the transformation being, carried out for each pixel independently. The various elements are combined to produce a variety of desired visual effects, e.g. a brush stroke effect, edge enhancement or the appearance of a reflective chrome surface. Further an, apparatus is provided in which a conditioning unit generates a conditioning function, which enables different parts of an image to be combined in accordance with different methods. Thus a foreground of an image could have the edge content …
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- Granted December 20, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 20, 2011.
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