ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,168, issued on March 24, was assigned to Cupola360 INC. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).
"Image enhancement method using statistical index-based tone mapping curve selection and electronic device using the same" was invented by Hsin-Hui Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image enhancement method and an electronic device are disclosed. The image enhancement method includes the following steps. An original image is divided into multiple image blocks. A statistical data of each of the image blocks is calculated, and at least one index is obtained according to the statistical data of the each of the image blocks. A final ton...