DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD

Methods and systems for providing multi-plane viewing of a digital image of a subject matter which do not require viewing multiple images taken at multiple image planes. Pseudo-focus images are generated from a flattened, merged image of a three-dimensional subject matter. The merged image is genera...

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Main Authors JENOSKI, Raymond, MARKS, Randall
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 19.09.2024
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
PHYSICS
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Summary:Methods and systems for providing multi-plane viewing of a digital image of a subject matter which do not require viewing multiple images taken at multiple image planes. Pseudo-focus images are generated from a flattened, merged image of a three-dimensional subject matter. The merged image is generated by merging a plurality of images taken at different focal planes of the subject matter which form a through-focus image stack. The merged image comprises the best focus pixels originating from different respective image planes. A depth map is also generated from the multiple images which associates each best focus pixel with a pixel depth value. A plane of interest (POI) is selected from the image planes. A pseudo-focus image is then generated using the merged image and pixel depth map by generating a blurred focus value for each best focus pixel based on the focus offset of each pixel from the POI.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20230224291