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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Hao-song Kong, Newton, MA (US);
Yao Nie, Newark, DE (US);
Anthony Vetro, Cambridge, MA (US);
Huifang Sun, Billerica, MA (US);
Inventors:
Hao-Song Kong, Newton, MA (US);
Yao Nie, Newark, DE (US);
Anthony Vetro, Cambridge, MA (US);
Huifang Sun, Billerica, MA (US);
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method classifies pixels in an image by first partitioning the image into blocks. A variance of an intensity is determined for each pixel, and for each block the pixel with the maximum variance is identified. Then, the blocks are classified into classes according to the maximum variance.