Adaptive filtering based upon boundary strength

Pulse or digital communications – Bandwidth reduction or expansion – Television or motion video signal

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ABSTRACT:
Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.

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