Image analysis – Image transformation or preprocessing – Measuring image properties
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-30
2011-12-20
Patel, Kanjibhai (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Image transformation or preprocessing
Measuring image properties
C382S240000, C358S001200, C345S660000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08081842
ABSTRACT:
Image resizing for web-based searching is described. In one implementation, a system resizes a user-selected thumbnail image into a larger version of the image that emulates the quality of a large, original image, but without downloading the original image. First, the system extracts resizing parameters when each thumbnail image is created. Then, the system creates a codebook of primitive visual elements extracted from a collection of training images. The primitive visual elements in the codebook provide universal visual parts for reconstructing images. The codebook and a resizing plug-in can be sent once to the user over a background channel. When the user selects a thumbnail image for enlargement, the system resizes the thumbnail image via interpolation and then refines the enlarged image with primitive visual elements from the codebook. The refinement creates an enlarged image that emulates the quality of the large, original image, without downloading the original image.
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Lu Yan
Qian Richard
Shum Heung-Yeung
Wu Feng
Lee & Hayes PLLC
Microsoft Corporation
Patel Kanjibhai
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