Image analysis – Applications
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-21
2010-10-26
Le, Vu (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
C382S165000, C382S269000, C348S144000, C348S154000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07822224
ABSTRACT:
Method and system for image data analysis, by making use of a Terrain Map Summary Element (TMSE) data structure, in which a Terrain Map data structure provides processed primitive data about each 2×2 kernel of pixels from an original image. The new TMSE is a hierarchical multiple-level or tiered structure of such Terrain Map elements, in which each successive Terrain Map level summarizes, for example, 16 lower level elements or member. By providing such a hierarchical nature of the map elements, richness is enhanced by each higher element because every element of each successively higher level map summarizes the data from elements of the lower level map. For example, in a five-level Terrain Map Summary Element structure according to the disclosure, each element or member of the fifth level contains information summarizing data about 256K pixels.
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Chounard, II Jesse J.
Garoutte Maurice V.
Allison Andrae S
Cernium Corporation
Le Vu
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