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Shading correction method and apparatus
Assignee: Canon Finetech Nisca Inc
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Filing: 1993-12-28
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Granted: 1994-09-13
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Expires: 2013-12-28
Abstract
Abstract Shading correction is effected by partitioning a white standard surface into a plurality of scanning blocks having the same number of scanning lines, scanning the standard surface by block to determine block median values in a first processing stage, determining global median values from the block median values in a second processing stage, and subjecting objective image data read from a given original image to arithmetic such as proportioning calculation. With the two-stage processing, shading distortion caused due to nonuniformity in sensitivity of an image scanning system can be rationally and reliably corrected to a high degree with a simple processing circuit.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsuhiro Ishihara
- 👤 Mineo Kubota
- 👤 Takashi Kanda
- 👤 Toru Kitta
- 👤 Mitsuo Tsuchiya
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
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2026-11-09 11:29
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/40; H04N1/401
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
A shading correction method comprising: partitioning a standard surface having a plurality of scanning lines into a plurality of scanning blocks; scanning said standard surface to obtain image signals by block; determining sets of block median values of the scanning blocks from said image signals of pixels of the same number in said scanning lines; determining one set of global median values from said block median values of said scanning blocks; and subjecting objective image data read from an original image to shading correction based on said global median values.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
90 words
A shading correction method comprising: partitioning a standard surface having a plurality of scanning lines into a plurality of scanning blocks; scanning said standard surface to obtain image signals by block; determining sets of block median values of the scanning blocks from said image signals of pixels of the same number in said scanning lines; determining one set of global median values from said block median values of said scanning blocks; and subjecting objective image data read from an original image to shading correction based on said global median values.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A shading correction method according to claim 1, wherein said scanning blocks are each composed of the scanning lines of an equal odd number.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A shading correction method according to claim 1, wherein said standard surface is composed of the scanning blocks of an equal odd number.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
A shading correction method according to claim 1, wherein said scanning blocks are each composed of the scanning lines of an equal odd number, and said standard surface is composed of the scanning blocks of an equal odd number.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
A shading correction method according to claim 1, wherein said block median value is an image value of a specific pixel determined by comparing image signals of the pixels having the same number in the respective scanning lines with one another.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
A shading correction method according to claim 1, wherein said global median value is determined by comparing said block median values of the pixels having the same number in the respective scanning blocks with one another.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
69 words
A shading correction method according to claim 1, wherein said block median value is an image value of a specific pixel determined by comparing image signals of the pixels having the same number in the respective scanning lines with one another, and said global median value is determined by comparing said block median values of the pixels having the same number in the respective scanning blocks with one another.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
A shading correction method according to claim 1, wherein said shading correction is performed by subjecting said global median values and objective image data obtained from said original image to proportioning calculation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
198 words
A shading correction method in which a standard surface having an imaginary matrix of pixels arrayed in a main-scanning direction to form scanning lines of pixels and arrayed in a sub-scanning direction to form scanning rows of pixels is preliminarily scanned prior to image reading of an objective original image to eliminate shading distortion appearing in an image scanning system, comprising: (a) partitioning said standard surface into a plurality of scanning blocks composed of equal scanning lines; (b) scanning the pixels on said standard surface in the main-scanning direction to obtain image signals by line; (c) repeating the scanning of the pixels in each scanning lines in the main-scanning direction until all the scanning lines in each scanning block is completely scanned; (d) effecting a first arithmetic processing to determine sets of block median values of the scanning blocks from said image signals of pixels in the scanning lines of the respective scanning blocks; (e) effecting a second arithmetic processing to determine one set of global median values from said block median values of said scanning blocks; and (f) subjecting objective image data obtained by reading said original image to shading correction based on said global median values.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
198 words
A shading correction method in which a standard surface having an imaginary matrix of pixels arrayed in a main-scanning direction to form scanning lines of pixels and arrayed in a sub-scanning direction to form scanning rows of pixels is preliminarily scanned prior to image reading of an objective original image to eliminate shading distortion appearing in an image scanning system, comprising: (a) partitioning said standard surface into a plurality of scanning blocks composed of equal scanning lines; (b) scanning the pixels on said standard surface in the main-scanning direction to obtain image signals by line; (c) repeating the scanning of the pixels in each scanning lines in the main-scanning direction until all the scanning lines in each scanning block is completely scanned; (d) effecting a first arithmetic processing to determine sets of block median values of the scanning blocks from said image signals of pixels in the scanning lines of the respective scanning blocks; (e) effecting a second arithmetic processing to determine one set of global median values from said block median values of said scanning blocks; and (f) subjecting objective image data obtained by reading said original image to shading correction based on said global median values.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
A shading correction method according to claim 9, wherein said shading correction is performed by subjecting said global median values and objective image data obtained from said original image to proportioning calculation.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
128 words
A shading correction device comprising: an image scanning system for scanning a standard surface having a plurality of scanning lines and partitioned into a plurality of scanning blocks to read out image data from the standard surface by line; image memory means for storing said image data read out from said image scanning system by line, while moving said image scanning system relative to the standard surface; a first processing circuit for determining sets of block median values from said image data from said image memory means; block memory means for storing said block median values; a second processing circuit for determining a set of global median values from said block median values; and a shading correction circuit for making shading correction based on said global median values.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
128 words
A shading correction device comprising: an image scanning system for scanning a standard surface having a plurality of scanning lines and partitioned into a plurality of scanning blocks to read out image data from the standard surface by line; image memory means for storing said image data read out from said image scanning system by line, while moving said image scanning system relative to the standard surface; a first processing circuit for determining sets of block median values from said image data from said image memory means; block memory means for storing said block median values; a second processing circuit for determining a set of global median values from said block median values; and a shading correction circuit for making shading correction based on said global median values.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
A shading correction device according to claim 11, wherein said image memory means comprises a plurality of latch memories.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
A shading correction device according to claim 11, wherein said block memory means comprises a plurality of latch memories.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
A shading correction device according to claim 11, wherein said image memory means and block memory means each comprise a plurality of latch memories.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
A shading correction device according to claim 11, wherein said image memory means and block memory means each comprise latch memories of an equal odd number.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
32 words
A shading correction device according to claim 11, wherein said shading correction circuit performs to subject said global median values and objective image data obtained from said original image to proportioning calculation.
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