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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Tandent Vision Science, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Casey Arthur Smith, Grand Junction, CO (US);
Assignee:
Tandent Vision Science, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00248 (2013.01); G06K 9/4652 (2013.01); G06K 9/4661 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20028 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, identifying a dominant region of single reflectance in the image and segregating the image into intrinsic images as a function of the dominant region of single reflectance.