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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:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Patricia Chiang, Singapore, SG;
Lucas Y. W. Hui, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Patricia Chiang, Singapore, SG;
Lucas Y. W. Hui, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes receiving image information representing at least one image. The image information defines multiple pixels in the at least one image. The method also includes identifying filter weights associated with the pixels. The filter weights are based on edge contents of at least a portion of the at least one image. In addition, the method includes filtering the image information using the identified filter weights.