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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2005
Giuseppe Messina, Giardini Naxos, IT;
Mirko Ignazio Guarnera, Gela, IT;
Gianluca Barbera, Messina, IT;
Sebastiano Battiato, Acicatena, IT;
Giovanni Gallo, Catania, IT;
Giuseppe Messina, Giardini Naxos, IT;
Mirko Ignazio Guarnera, Gela, IT;
Gianluca Barbera, Messina, IT;
Sebastiano Battiato, Acicatena, IT;
Giovanni Gallo, Catania, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
A raster to vector conversion method of an initial digital image including a pixel matrix, includes generating a digital image divided into polygons by dividing the initial digital image into a plurality of base triangles and defining similarity criteria depending on at least one parameter. The conversion method also includes an iterative operation to process the digital image divided into polygons, selecting pairs of polygons adjacent to each other and to satisfy the similarity criteria and merging together the selected polygons.