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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Frank Moesle, Stuttgart, DE;
Paul Springer, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Frank Moesle, Stuttgart, DE;
Paul Springer, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for detecting edges within an image. An edge strength indicator for each pixel within the image is determined and the edge strength indicator is classified into at least three classes to generate a map having one value associated to each class. The classified map is then separated into individual maps depending on the classification. A dilation process is applied to at least a part of the individual maps. The processed and/or individual maps are finally combined by logical operation to obtain a final map indicating edges without nearby texture.