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Constraint generation for use in image segregation

US8139850B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 5, 2008
Grant dateMar 20, 2012
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/10024
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image, organizing spatio-spectral information for the image in a matrix equation expressed by: [A][x]=[b], wherein [A] expresses values determined by a constraining relationship imposed upon the spatio-spectral information, [b] expresses recorded information for the image, and [x] expresses an unknown material/illumination component of the image, and utilizing the matrix equation in an image segregation operation.

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