Pixel level segmentation tag cleanup
US6639692B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T7/187
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method of processing segmentation tags is disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, a method for processing segmentation tags that receives blocks of segmentation tags each of which has an associated block level tag that is representative of the segmentation tags within the block. The method positions a neighborhood window about a current block and a neighboring block and cleans a target segmentation tag within the current block based upon the block level tags within the neighborhood window using a set of tag cleaning rules.
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