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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2000
Hyun-doo Shin, Sungnam, KR;
Yang-lim Choi, Paldal-gu, KR;
Bangalore S. Manjunath, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Yining Deng, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Hyun-doo Shin, Sungnam, KR;
Yang-Lim Choi, Paldal-gu, KR;
Bangalore S. Manjunath, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Yining Deng, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Kyungki-do, KR;
Abstract
A color image segmentation method is provided. The color image segmentation method includes the steps of: (a) calculating a first value representing the degree of difference between a pixel and the color of peripheral pixels based a plurality of pixel values of an input image; (b) obtaining a converted image by converting the first calculated value into a value of a predetermined scale; and (c) segmenting the converted image. According to the color image segmentation method, an effective and an automatic segmentation is possible, and a segmentation speed is high even when segmenting an image containing much noise.