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Identification of texture connectivity

US8913795B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aberystwyth University · GB

Inventors

Reyer Zwiggelaar · Llanafan, GB
Harry Strange · Winter Garden, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 25, 2010
Grant date	Dec 16, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 2, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30004
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for identifying the connectivity of texture types represented in a digital image comprising pixels, each pixel having a texture value which is representative of texture at a respective position, the method comprising: partitioning the texture values into local neighborhoods of texture values; determining a directionality for each neighborhood; using the directionality of the neighborhoods to determine their nearest neighborhood or neighborhoods; connecting the neighborhoods with their nearest neighborhood or neighborhoods; and determining the connectivity of the texture types of the digital image based on the connections formed between neighborhoods.

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