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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2004
Applicant:
I-jong Lin, El Granada, CA (US);
Inventor:
I-Jong Lin, El Granada, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An exemplary method for estimating pixel values of displayed images captured by an image capture device comprises determining a status of a pixel of a displayed image based on a confidence value for the pixel and a comparison of an estimated value and a direct sampling value of the pixel, determining whether the pixel is obstructed based at least in part on the status and the confidence value, determining whether to update a pixel value of the pixel based at least in part on the status and whether the pixel is obstructed, repeating the determining steps for other pixels of the displayed image.