Image analysis – Pattern recognition – Feature extraction
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-29
2008-01-29
Mehta, Bhavesh M (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Pattern recognition
Feature extraction
C382S118000, C382S103000, C382S203000, C382S117000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10421428
ABSTRACT:
A digital image processing method for automatically outlining a contour of a figure in a digital image, including: testing parameters of a region within the digital image according to a plurality of cascaded tests; determining whether the region contains characteristic features of the figure within the digital image; computing location parameters of the characteristic features in the region for the figure within the digital image; determining boundary parameters for the figure corresponding to the location parameters of the characteristic features in the region; computing an information map of the digital image; computing a set of indicative pixels for the contour of the figure; and automatically outlining the contour of the figure using the set of indicative pixels, the information map, and a contour outlining tool.
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Eastman Kodak Company
Mehta Bhavesh M
Shaw Stephen H.
Strege John B
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