Tandent Vision Science, Inc.

Milan Diebel

Casey Arthur Smith

Richard Mark Friedhoff

James Andrew Bagnell

Bruce Allen Maxwell

Andrew Neil Stein

Steven Joseph Bushell

David Tolliver

Kristin Jean Dana

Timothy King Rodgers, Jr

Bartholomeus Christianus Leonardus Nabbe

Iljung Samuel Kwak

David Allen Tolliver

Lljung Samuel Kwak

Richard Mark Friedhof

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image, organizing spatio-spectral information for the image in a matrix equation expressed by: [A][x]=[b], wherein [A] expresses values determined by a constraining relationship imposed upon the spatio-spectral information, [b] expresses recorded information for the image, and [x] expresses an unknown material/illumination component of the image, and utilizing the matrix equation in an image segregation operation.

Constraint generation for use in image segregation

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of generating spatio-spectral information for the image, defining a constraint as a function of the spatio-spectral information, and performing an optimization operation as a function of the constraint to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image.

Image segregation system architecture

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Milan Diebel