Silhouetting apparatus and method

Details Silhouetting apparatus and method Silhouetting apparatus and method

2005-04-26

2005-04-26

Boudreau, Leo (Department: 2621)

Image analysis

Image segmentation

C396S003000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06885767

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for producing an image containing only an object of interest, without any background. They are directed at making the background appear so much brighter than the object that the brightness differential can be used to discriminate between the two and then to strip the background from the image.

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