ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,924, issued on July 29, was assigned to SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Liaoning, China).
"Image restoration method based on physical scattering model" was invented by Jiandong Tian (Liaoning, China), Shijun Zhou (Liaoning, China) and Zhen Zhang (Liaoning, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new image formation model for descattering different from the previous works based on atmospheric scattering model is established. It can provide a corresponding physical explanation for each scattering environment, illustrate a relationship between a light source position and scattering conditions and solve the ...