Image analysis – Image transformation or preprocessing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-10
2006-10-10
Patel, Kanjibhai (Department: 2625)
Image analysis
Image transformation or preprocessing
C345S422000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07120311
ABSTRACT:
Forward mapping is provided, which accumulates and resolves over all samples forward mapped to each pixel bin. During accumulation and resolution of each of the samples, since a point sample from a forefront object and a point sample from an occluded object may be received by the same bin, wherein only the former should be accumulated and resolved according to the accumulation and resolution process, a Z-range, or Z-interval, is assigned to each sample instead of the conventional Z-value. The Z-range is a function of the Z-value. Analysis of the overlapping of these Z-ranges then determines which samples are to be accumulated and resolved together according to the accumulation and resolution process, and which are not.
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