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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2021
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Louis Joseph Kerofsky, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Stefanick, San Diego, CA (US);
Mikko Juhani Palatsi, San Diego, CA (US);
Deepankar Katyal, Seattle, WA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An example device for processing image data includes a memory configured to store an image; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: process the image to identify a pilot signal in the image indicating a portion of the image, the pilot signal forming a boundary around the portion and having pixel values defined according to a mathematical relationship with pixel values within the portion such that the pilot signal is not perceptible to a human user and is detectable the device; determine the portion of the image using the pilot signal; and further process the portion to attempt to detect one or more contents of the portion without attempting to detect the one or more contents of the image in portions of the image outside the portion.