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Image segmentation apparatus and method

US6389164B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 1998
Grant dateMay 14, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30176
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for classifying image data. A video peak/valley counter may count peaks and valleys within a window of the input image data. The apparatus and method checks whether any peaks or valleys are located within a neighborhood of a pixel under consideration.

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