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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:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Yong Huang, Singapore, SG;
Patricia Chiang, Singapore, SG;
Lucas Y. W. Hui, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/41 (2006.01); H04N 1/413 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes identifying a pair of image data blocks separated by a boundary. The image data blocks include image information defining multiple pixels in at least one image. The method also includes identifying at least one filter length based on edge contents of at least some of the pixels in the at least one image. In addition, the method includes filtering at least some of the pixels in the pair of image data blocks along the boundary using the at least one identified filter length.