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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Henrique S. Malvar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Patrice Y. Simard, Bellevue, WA (US);
James Russell Rinker, Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventors:
Henrique S. Malvar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Patrice Y. Simard, Bellevue, WA (US);
James Russell Rinker, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method facilitating image smoothing is provided. The invention includes an image processor having an image receptor and an image smoother. The invention provides for the image smoother to alter the value of a don't care pixel based, at least in part, upon a weighted average of care pixels.