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Edge preserving smoothing method

US7136079B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 3, 2003
Grant dateNov 14, 2006
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20192
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of smoothing data to reduce or remove noise while preserving edge information in the data selects an output point in the data, identifies the most homogeneous neighborhood around the selected output point and outputs a corrected value for the selected output point based upon data points in the identified neighborhood.

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