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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Ahmet Ekin, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An image processing device (), comprising an image input interface () configured to receive input pixel values allocated to pixels in a two-dimensional pixel grid, a marker input interface () configured to receive marker position data indicative of a position of a marker within the pixel grid, and a marker position refining unit () configured to identify, using the pixel data and the marker position data, a target pixel having a highest symmetry value, i.e. identification value, which has been determined based on weighed symmetry values of the pixels within a search region that includes the marker position, and to determine a refined marker position data as the position data of the target pixel.