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Methods and apparatus for generating a projection of an image

US6381375B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 6, 1998
Grant dateApr 30, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T3/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Novel methods for generating a projection of an image according to the invention concurrently rotate, scale, translate, skew, shear, or otherwise transform the image via a sequence of two one-dimensional transformations. A first intermediate image is generated via affine transformation of the source along a first axis. The intermediate image is then subjected to affine transformation along a second axis, e.g., perpendicular to the first. A projection of the resultant image is generated along a selected one of the first or second axes by summing pixel intensities in corresponding rows (or columns) or by summing counts of pixels whose intensities are above or below a threshold.

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