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Detecting small amounts of color in an image

US6934412B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 2000
Grant dateAug 23, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 1, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/56
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for classifying an image as one of color and neutral assigns respective values associated with a plurality of pixels in the image to a plurality of respective current pixels. Reduced image pixels are produced as a function of the current pixels. The image is classified as one of neutral and color as a function of the reduced image pixels.

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