Image analysis – Histogram processing – For setting a threshold
Patent
1994-03-23
1996-11-26
Bayerl, Raymond J.
Image analysis
Histogram processing
For setting a threshold
395606, 395348, 382209, 382220, 382305, G06F 1730, G06F 314
Patent
active
055794718
ABSTRACT:
Images in an image database are searched in response to queries which include the visual characteristics of the images such as colors, textures, shapes, and sizes, as well as by textual tags appended to the images. Queries are constructed in an image query construction area in response to values of representations of the visual characteristics and to locations of the representations in the image query construction area.
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Barber Ronald J.
Beitel Bradley J.
Equitz William R.
Niblack Carlton W.
Petkovic Dragutin
Bayerl Raymond J.
International Business Machines - Corporation
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