Method and apparatus for classifying images and/or image regions based on texture information

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6766053
APP PUB NO 20020110283A1
SERIAL NO

09737513

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A document processing system and a method for classifying an input image or region thereof as either a synthetic graphic or a natural picture, is disclosed. The system includes an image input subsystem, a processing subsystem for processing image data provided by the image input subsystem, and software/firmware means operative on the processing subsystem for a) low-pass filtering image data representative of the input image or region thereof to produce low-pass filtered pixel values; b) determining a smoothness value for each of a plurality of low-pass filtered pixel values; c) generating histogram data from the smoothness values; d) determining a texture metric for the input image or region thereof from a subset of the histogram data; and e) thresholding the texture metric to classify the input image as either a synthetic graphic or a natural picture.

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XEROX CORPORATION201 MERRITT 7 P O BOX 4505 NORWALK CT 06851-1056

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Balasubramanian, Thyagarajan Webster, NY 36 1174
Fan, Zhigang Webster, NY 237 4550

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