Image analysis – Pattern recognition – Feature extraction
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-18
2011-01-18
Ge, Yuzhen (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Pattern recognition
Feature extraction
Reexamination Certificate
active
07873219
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for image processing in which brightness boundaries of an image are identified and analyzed in at least two, and more preferably three or more, spectral bands to distinguish illumination boundaries from reflectance boundaries. For example, in one embodiment of the invention, a brightness boundary of the image can be identified as an illumination boundary if at least two wavelength bands of the image exhibit a substantially common shift in brightness across the boundary.
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D'Arienzo, Jr. Felix L.
Davidson Davidson & Kappel LLC
Ge Yuzhen
Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
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