Image processing in HSI color space using adaptive noise filtering
US6535632B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V10/62
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Adaptive noise filtering is applied to an image frame of HSI data to reduce and more uniformly distribute noise while preserving image feature edges. An adaptive spatial filter includes a plurality of averaging kernels. An appropriate kernel is selected for each pixel for each of the hue and saturation components. A set of thresholds are defined for selecting the kernel for the hue component. Another set of thresholds are defined for selecting the kernel for the saturation component. The kernel for the saturation component is selected by comparing the intensity component to the saturation component thresholds. The kernel for the hue component is selected by comparing the product of intensity component and the saturation component to the hue component thresholds. A color gradient operation is applied to the filtered HSI data to aid in detecting image object boundaries. Object segmentation and other image processing techniques may be performed on the filtered HSI data.
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