Image analysis – Image enhancement or restoration – Edge or contour enhancement
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-23
2007-01-23
Do, Anh Hong (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Image enhancement or restoration
Edge or contour enhancement
C382S254000, C382S260000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09995458
ABSTRACT:
A method of reducing noise in images formed by uniform regions and textures delimited by edges, comprises a step of filtering these images, a step of detecting edges in these images, a sub-step of re-assigning or no re-assigning each image pixel to an edge or a texture in accordance with the result of a connectivity test, this sub-step taking place at the end of the step of detecting edges and textures and a selection step of eliminating or applying this filtering to each image pixel according to whether this image pixel is associated or not associated with an edge or a texture.
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Del Corso Sandra
Ruol Vincent
Do Anh Hong
Koninklijke Philips Electronics , N.V.
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