US Patent Issued to EndoChoice on Feb. 18 for "Endoscopic image enhancement using contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) implemented in a processor" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,829, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to EndoChoice Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Endoscopic image enhancement using contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) implemented in a processor" was invented by Itay Sidar (Haifa, Israel), Tal Davidson (Yokneam Ilit, Israel), Achia Kronman (Pardes Hana, Israel), Lior Mor (Haifa, Israel) and Idan Levy (Hadera, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of enhancing images use a contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) algorithm in a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The images may be obtained by the imaging elements of a multiple imaging elements end...