US Patent Issued to Korea University Research and Business Foundation on Oct. 21 for "Low-light image improvement apparatus and method" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,694, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Low-light image improvement apparatus and method" was invented by Jong Ok Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Tae Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeong Hyeok Park (Goyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a low-light image improvement apparatus and method. The low-light image improvement apparatus includes: an image component decomposition network module that analyzes a light image, a low-light image, and a mid-light image to decompose reflectance and illumination, respectively, wherein the mid-light ima...