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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Yalcin Incesu, Heidelberg, DE;
Piergiorgio Sartor, Fellbach, DE;
Altfried Dilly, Stuttgart, DE;
Oliver Erdler, Ostfildern-Ruit, DE;
Inventors:
Yalcin Incesu, Heidelberg, DE;
Piergiorgio Sartor, Fellbach, DE;
Altfried Dilly, Stuttgart, DE;
Oliver Erdler, Ostfildern-Ruit, DE;
Assignee:
Sony Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for discriminating textured regions and homogeneous or flat regions in an image. A multi-scale or multi-resolution measurement is performed with respect to the image. Alternatively or additionally, the image is analyzed by using a prior measured noise value and a local variance value in or with respect to the image.