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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2006
Richard John Campbell, Camas, WA (US);
Toyohisa Matsuda, Matsudo, JP;
Lawrence Shao-hsien Chen, Vancouver, WA (US);
Richard John Campbell, Camas, WA (US);
Toyohisa Matsuda, Matsudo, JP;
Lawrence Shao-hsien Chen, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for segmenting a digital image into regions. A frequency-of-occurrence of image values may be determined excluding a portion of pixels in a digital image. An image value associated with a peak in the frequency-of-occurrence of image values may be identified and associated with an image label. Pixel locations may be labeled based on the associated labels and image values. Additionally, unreliable pixels may be determined and labeled based on the associated labels and image values.