The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Ali Can, Troy, NY (US);
Xiaodong Tao, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Harvey Ellis Cline, Schenectady, NY (US);
Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ali Can, Troy, NY (US);
Xiaodong Tao, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Harvey Ellis Cline, Schenectady, NY (US);
Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for segmenting images, wherein the image pixels are categorized into a plurality of subsets using one or more indexes, then a log-likelihood function of one or more of the indexes is determined, and one or more maps are generated based on the determination of the log-likelihood function of one or more of the indexes.