Image processing
US6788819B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/40062
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for processing images comprise means (2) to scan in an image. The image data is stored and a variance calculator (6) calculates a variance for the scanned image. An image categoriser (16) determines what further processing of the image is appropriate in dependence on the variance.
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