Detecting small amounts of color in an image
US6934412B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 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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