Image analysis – Image transformation or preprocessing – Selecting a portion of an image
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-12
2005-07-12
Patel, Kanjibhai (Department: 2625)
Image analysis
Image transformation or preprocessing
Selecting a portion of an image
C348S014010
Reexamination Certificate
active
06917719
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for classifying regions of an image, based on the relative “importance” of the various areas and to adaptively use the importance information to allocate processing resources and input image formation.
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Krishnamurthy Ravi
Sethuraman Sriram
Zhang Ya-Qin
Burke William J.
Patel Kanjibhai
Sarnoff Corporation
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