{
  "patent_number": "US 12737841",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Stitching Together Images of Spongy Materials for Better Views",
  "original_title": "Methods and devices for enhancement of porous media images",
  "summary": "This patent describes a method for combining multiple 'slice' images of porous materials like sponges or rocks into one clear, complete picture by precisely identifying and using how they overlap.",
  "what_it_does": "This method helps create a single, clear image from many thin 'slice images' of a porous material. First, it identifies how these individual slices overlap, looking for an 'overlap pattern'. Next, it calculates the exact 'overlap distances' between these slices based on that pattern. Finally, using these calculated distances, it 'registers' or precisely aligns all the slices to form a single 'composite image'. For example, when scanning a piece of sandstone to see its internal structure, many thin images are taken. This method ensures these images are perfectly aligned to create one accurate 3D representation.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover image processing for materials that are not porous (e.g., a solid block of metal).",
    "Does not cover combining images if they are not individual 'slice images' (e.g., a single photograph or video stream).",
    "Does not cover image registration techniques that do not detect and use 'overlap patterns' and 'overlap distances'.",
    "Does not cover image enhancement methods that do not involve creating a 'composite image' from multiple slices."
  ],
  "filed": "2023-08-29",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "software",
    "materials",
    "telecommunications",
    "energy",
    "biotech"
  ],
  "abstract": "A method and system for image processing are disclosed. A method for image processing by one or more central processing units (CPU) may include detecting an overlap pattern for a set of slice images of a porous media sample, based on the overlap pattern, determining a set of overlap distances for the set of slice images of the porous media sample, and registering, based on at least the set of overlap distances, a composite image comprising any of the set of slice images of the porous media sample.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12737841/methods-and-devices-for-enhancement-of-porous-media-images",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12737841/methods-and-devices-for-enhancement-of-porous-media-images/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12737841",
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