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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2007
Applicants:
Fritz Lebowsky, Saint Martin D'Uriage, FR;
Yong Huang, Singapore, SG;
Haiyun Wang, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignees:
STMicroelectronics SA, Montrouge, FR;
STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device processes an initial digital image with at least one contour zone. The device may have a magnifier able to magnify the initial image into a magnified digital image. The magnifier may have a detector able to detect the contour zones of the initial digital image, a determinater able to determine the size, in terms of number of pixels, of each contour zone, and a second magnifier able to magnify each contour zone using of a software tool, chosen as a function of the size of each contour zone, from among a set of magnifying software tools.