January 2013

Issued U.S. Patent 8351696 on Correcting defective pixels in digital color images.

November 2012

Issued U.S. Patent 8306335 on Method of analyzing digital document images.

October 2012

	Perceptual Digital Imaging: Methods and Applications book published in the CRC Press Digital Imaging and Computer Vision book series.
	Issued U.S. Patent 8300929 on Automatic red-eye object classification in digital photographic images.
	Issued U.S. Patent 8295637 on Method of classifying red-eye objects using feature extraction and classifiers.
	Issued U.S. Patent 8295593 on Method of detecting red-eye objects in digital images using color, structural, and geometric characteristics.

September 2012

Image Restoration: Fundamentals and Advances book published in the CRC Press Digital Imaging and Computer Vision book series.

July 2012

Image Processing and Analysis with Graphs: Theory and Practice book published in the CRC Press Digital Imaging and Computer Vision book series.

May 2012

Issued U.S. Patent 8170332 on Automatic red-eye object classification in digital images using a boosting-based framework.

March 2012

	Issued U.S. Patent 8131110 on Reducing signal overshoots and undershoots in demosaicking.
	Issued U.S. Patent 8131067 on Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable media for attaining image processing.

February 2012

Issued U.S. Patent 8111299 on Demosaicking single-sensor camera raw data.

December 2011

Issued U.S. Patent 8078007 on Enlarging a digital image.

October 2011

	Issued U.S. Patent 8045826 on Detecting edges in a digital image.
	Issued U.S. Patent 8035698 on Joint automatic demosaicking and white balancing.

August 2011

	Visual Cryptography and Secret Image Sharing book published in the CRC Press Digital Imaging and Computer Vision book series.
	Issued U.S. Patent 8004588 on Image processing procedure for receiving mosaic image data and calculating vertical and horizontal-direction color difference components for each pixel.
	Issued U.S. Patent 7995840 on Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for attaining image processing.

July 2011

Digital Imaging for Cultural Heritage Preservation book published in the CRC Press Digital Imaging and Computer Vision book series.

May 2011

	Received the 2010 Best Associate Editor Award of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology.
	Issued CN Patent 101547370 on Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for attaining image processing.

February 2011

Issued U.S. Patent 7889245 on Automatic white balancing of a digital image.

November 2010

Issued KR Patent 10-0996797 on Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for attaining image processing.

October 2010

Computational Photography: Methods and Applications book published in the CRC Press Digital Imaging and Computer Vision book series.

September 2010

Super-Resolution Imaging book published in the CRC Press Digital Imaging and Computer Vision book series.

April 2010

Elected Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

January 2010

Introduced as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology.

May 2009

Special Issue on Facial Image Processing and Analysis published in International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence.

October 2008

Digital Imaging and Computer Vision book series introduced.

September 2008

Single-Sensor Imaging: Methods and Applications for Digital Cameras book published.

July 2008

New Framework for Automatic White Balancing of Digital Camera Images listed as #1 in the ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles in Signal Processing for April – June, 2008.

May 2008

Vector Sigma Filters for Noise Detection and Removal in Color Images awarded by the Most Cited Paper Award for the Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation for the years 2005-2007.

October 2007

Special Issue on Applied Color Image Processing published in International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology.

July 2007

	Special Issue on Color Image Processing published in Computer Vision and Image Understanding.
	Sharpening Vector Median Filters listed as #22 in the ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles in Signal Processing for April – June, 2007.

October 2006

Color Image Processing: Methods and Applications book published.

September 2006

www.colorimageprocessing.com established.

October 2005

Special Issue on Multi-Dimensional Image Processing published in Real-Time Imaging.

July 2005

	Digital Zooming for Color Filter Array-Based Image Sensors listed as #21 in the ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles in Real-Time Imaging for April – June, 2005.
	Efficient Encryption of Wavelet-Based Coded Color Images listed as #25 in the ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles in Pattern Recognition for April – June, 2005.