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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Vidush Vishwanath, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Changbo Hu, Fremont, CA (US);
Rajesh Koduru, Cupertino, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A technique identifies regions of an image characterized by constant pixel intensity in a resource-efficient, latency-efficient, and scalable manner. The technique involves: obtaining a candidate image; determining whether the candidate image contains a contiguous region of pixels having intensity values within a specified range of intensity values; assessing whether the contiguous region satisfies a prescribed test; and selecting or excluding the candidate image for further processing based on a result of the assessing. The operation of determining involve two phases. First, the technique determines a distribution of intensity values within the candidate image. Second, the technique leverages the distribution to search the candidate image for neighboring pixels having intensity values within the specified range of intensity values, beginning from a selected starting pixel in a qualifying subset of pixels. In some examples, the technique is applied to the task of combining supplemental content with the candidate image.