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Method and apparatus for effecting background suppression of image data

US5093871A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 1989
Grant dateMar 3, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T1/20
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for processing digitized images which contain useful image formation data and background features a background supression scheme used to convert each pixel value to preselected values in a smaller range in order to facilitate data processing such as compression and scaling. Provision is made for generating an adaptive or dynamic threshold value, as well as a much more stable background reference threshold value.

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