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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
Mark Shaw, Meridian, ID (US);
Ranjit Bhaskar, Portland, OR (US);
Guru Prashanth Balasubramanian, Milpitas, CA (US);
Eli Saber, Rochester, NY (US);
Vladimir Misic, Rochester, NY (US);
Eric Robert Peskin, Rochester, NY (US);
Mark Shaw, Meridian, ID (US);
Ranjit Bhaskar, Portland, OR (US);
Guru Prashanth Balasubramanian, Milpitas, CA (US);
Eli Saber, Rochester, NY (US);
Vladimir Misic, Rochester, NY (US);
Eric Robert Peskin, Rochester, NY (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for segmenting an image includes computing a color gradient map based on an inputted image and selecting at least one initial seed of at least one pixel based on the color gradient map. The method further includes growing a region of pixels adjacent to the initial seed and merging adjacent regions of pixels using a measure of similarity.