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System and method using edge processing to remove blocking artifacts from decompressed images

US6798918B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 17, 2002
Grant dateSep 28, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20021
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method using edge processing to remove blocking artifacts comprises an edge processor having an image converter for building an edge representation of a received image, a statistics analyzer for compiling a histogram containing edge intensities of the edge representation, a reference calculator for using the histogram to compute reference values corresponding to the blocking artifacts and an artifact remover for identifying and removing the blocking artifacts using the computed reference values.

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