Image analysis – Image enhancement or restoration – Image filter
Patent
1993-08-27
2000-09-19
Chang, Jon
Image analysis
Image enhancement or restoration
Image filter
G06K 940
Patent
active
061224057
ABSTRACT:
A method for analyzing a region of interest in an original image to extract at least one robust feature, including the steps of passing signals representing the original image through a first filter to obtain signals representing a smoothed image, performing a profile analysis on the signals representing the smoothed image to determine a signal representing a size value for any feature in the original image, performing a cluster analysis on the signals representing the size values determined by the profile analysis to determine a signal representing a most frequently occurring size, selecting an optimal filter based on the determined signal representing the most frequently occurring size, and passing the signals representing the original image through the optimal filter to obtain an optimally filtered image having an optimally high signal-to-noise ratio. An apparatus for analyzing a region of interest in an image to extract robust features is also provided.
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Chang Jon
Martin Marietta Corporation
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