Image analysis – Histogram processing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-07
2006-03-07
Johns, Andrew W. (Department: 2621)
Image analysis
Histogram processing
C382S220000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07010163
ABSTRACT:
The invention is a method and apparatus for improving image-processing applications. Embodiments of the invention provide methods for preserving computation results and offer intermediary computation steps to allow the processing of images at any location to take advantage of previously processed image areas. The preferred embodiment offers a method for building a median filter that significantly improves the processing speed over basic techniques. By building a histogram hierarchy, image data statistics are added and subtracted using a multiplicity of histograms from the histogram hierarchy, where each histogram describes an image area. Furthermore, a histogram hierarchy is built using multiple layers, each layer defining a level of statistical resolution.
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