Image analysis – Image enhancement or restoration – Object boundary expansion or contraction
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-04
2005-10-04
Patel, Kanjibhai (Department: 2625)
Image analysis
Image enhancement or restoration
Object boundary expansion or contraction
C382S308000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06952502
ABSTRACT:
Data filtering apparatus comprising: an input for receiving a stream of data, each data item taking a range of at least two values ranging between a low value to a high value, a segmentation device for dividing the stream into segments, a segment midpoint definer for defining a midpoint of each segment, a segment orderer for ordering the segment in a first direction from low to high on a first side of the midpoint and in a second direction from low to high on a second side of the midpoint, an extremity filter unit for comparing the ordered data on either side of the midpoint to create a temporary output per segment, for each segment, each data item on either side of the midpoint being given an extremity filter value, the filter unit being operable to utilize the ordering to find the extremity value via a minimal number of comparisons, the extremity filter for initially comparing a single end of each segment, and being operable to alternate between ends per segment, the extremity filter being further operable to compute remaining ends via comparisons of the middles of presently un-compared ends to the middle of the compared ends, and to conditionally copy a half of the compared end onto the un-compared end.
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Gil Joseph
Kimmel Ron
Patel Kanjibhai
Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
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