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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2008
Bruce Allen Maxwell, Benton, ME (US);
Casey Arthur Smith, Grand Junction, CO (US);
David Allen Tolliver, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James Andrew Bagnell, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Andrew Neil Stein, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Iljung Samuel Kwak, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kristin Jean Dana, Spring Lake, NJ (US);
Steven Joseph Bushell, Cranston, RI (US);
Timothy King Rodgers, Jr., Concord, MA (US);
Bartholomeus Christianus Leonardus Nabbe, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Milan Diebel, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Richard Mark Friedhoff, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bruce Allen Maxwell, Benton, ME (US);
Casey Arthur Smith, Grand Junction, CO (US);
David Allen Tolliver, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James Andrew Bagnell, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Andrew Neil Stein, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Iljung Samuel Kwak, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kristin Jean Dana, Spring Lake, NJ (US);
Steven Joseph Bushell, Cranston, RI (US);
Timothy King Rodgers, Jr., Concord, MA (US);
Bartholomeus Christianus Leonardus Nabbe, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Milan Diebel, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Richard Mark Friedhoff, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tandent Vision Science, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of generating spatio-spectral information for the image, defining a constraint as a function of the spatio-spectral information, and performing an optimization operation as a function of the constraint to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image.