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AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorAlbert D. Edgar
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A method, system, and software are disclosed for improving the quality of a signal. A signal is converted to a digital representation and then segregated into separate data sets based on one or more properties of the data sets. Data sets exhibiting relatively more information associated with a selected property are designated as shepherd artifacts, and data sets exhibiting relatively less information associated with a selected property are designated as sheep artifacts. A representative shepherd artifact is then used to guide a representative sheep artifact, resulting in a guided artifact with enhanced signal properties. This process may be repeated for other categories of signal properties. The resulting guided artifacts may then be combined to form a processed signal with one or more enhanced properties having increased quality. The present invention finds particular application in photography and digital film processing, whereby the illustrated method may be used to improve image quality.
A method comprising:
A digital film development system comprising:
A digital image tangibly embodied in a computer readable medium, said digital image generated according to a method comprising:
A method comprising:
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