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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Thomas Henry Barnes, Austin, TX (US);
John W. Dunsmoir, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sivakumar Jambunathan, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sheryl S. Kinstler, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Carol Sue Robertson Walton, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas Henry Barnes, Austin, TX (US);
John W. Dunsmoir, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sivakumar Jambunathan, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sheryl S. Kinstler, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Carol Sue Robertson Walton, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, data processing system, and computer usable program code are provided for identifying interest points. A set of digital images and a set of threshold values are received, where the set of digital images includes a set of digital frames. A set of directional values are calculated for each of a set of pixels within each digital frame in the set of digital frames. A set of interest points are identified within each digital frame in the set of digital frames using the set of threshold values and the set of directional values. Finally, a set of characteristics is identified for the set of interest points.