Image Processing Method for Interference Removal and Restoration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image processing methods fail to accurately restore original images after removing reticulated patterns or watermarks, leading to reduced image recognition efficiency and increased difficulty in recognition tasks.

Innovation Solution

An image processing method that involves removing interference factors from original images to obtain sample images, segmenting them into sub-images, determining target sub-images with similar attributes using clustering algorithms, and combining these sub-images with different attributes to form a target image, thereby restoring the original image with high precision.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If reticulated patterns and watermarks are added to images for protection, then image security and copyright protection are improved, but image recognition efficiency deteriorates and recognition difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage securityVSAvoidimage recognition efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the image into multiple local regions and processes each region independently to remove reticulated patterns and watermarks. By dividing the image into manageable segments and applying targeted processing to each, the method effectively removes interference patterns while preserving the overall image quality and maintaining high recognition efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts and removes interference factors (reticulated patterns and watermarks) from the original image through specialized processing algorithms. By identifying and eliminating these harmful elements while retaining the essential image content, the method achieves both copyright protection removal and high-quality image restoration for recognition purposes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Object-generated harmful factors

If existing image processing methods are used to remove interference factors, then interference patterns are removed, but image restoration accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinterference pattern removalVSAvoidimage restoration accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-generated harmful factorsVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the image into multiple local regions and processes each region separately with region-specific algorithms. This segmentation approach allows for more precise restoration of each area while effectively removing interference patterns, thereby improving overall image restoration accuracy compared to global processing methods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different processing strategies to different regions of the image based on local characteristics. By adapting the processing method to each specific region's features and interference patterns, the method achieves higher restoration accuracy while effectively removing harmful factors from each area.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Object-generated harmful factors

If multiple processing methods are applied to remove interference factors, then interference pattern removal effectiveness is improved, but processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinterference pattern removal effectivenessVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-generated harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the image into multiple regions and applies appropriate processing methods to each segment. This segmentation strategy enables the use of multiple processing techniques to improve interference removal effectiveness while managing complexity by organizing the process into structured, region-based operations rather than applying all methods globally.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces intermediate processing steps and algorithms that bridge the original image and the final restored image. These intermediary processing methods systematically remove interference factors through multiple stages, improving removal effectiveness while maintaining organized and manageable processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10769795B2Image processing method and device
Publication Date: 2020.09.08 ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD
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AI summary

A first image to be processed is identified, where the first image includes one or more interference factors. The one or more interference factors are removed from the first image using a plurality of different interference factor removal techniques to obtain a plurality of sample images, where each of the plurality of sample images is associated with a particular interference factor removal technique. Each sample image of the plurality of sample images is segmented into a plurality of sample sub-images based on a segmentation rule, where each sample sub-image is associated with an attribute. A plurality of target sub-images is determined from the plurality of sample su b-images, where each target sub-image comprises a combination of sample sub-images associated with a common attribute, and where each target sub-image is associated with a different attribute. The plurality of target sub-images associated with different attributes is combined into a target image.