Image segregation system architecture
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1. An automated, computerized method for processing an image, comprising the steps of:
- providing an image;
generating spatio-spectral operators for the image;
defining a constraint between the spatio-spectral operators; and
performing an optimization operation as a function of the constraint to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image.
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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.
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1. An automated, computerized method for processing an image, comprising the steps of:
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providing an image; generating spatio-spectral operators for the image; defining a constraint between the spatio-spectral operators; and performing an optimization operation as a function of the constraint to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An automated, computerized method for processing an image, comprising the steps of:
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providing an image; organizing spatio-spectral information for the image in a matrix equation expressed by; [A] [x]=[b], wherein [A] expresses values determined by a constraining relationship imposed upon the spatio-spectral information, [b] expresses recorded information for the image, and [x] expresses an unknown material/illumination component of the image; performing an optimization operation to determine a solution for the equation; and utilizing the solution to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer system which comprises:
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a CPU; and a memory storing an image file containing an image; the CPU arranged and configured to execute a routine to perform a routine to generate spatio-spectral operators for the image, define a constraint between the spatio-spectral operators, and perform an optimization operation as a function of the constraint to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image.
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15. A computer system which comprises:
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a CPU; and a memory storing an image file containing an image;
the CPU arranged and configured to execute a routine to perform a routine to organize spatio-spectral information for the image in a matrix equation expressed by;
[A] [x]=[b], wherein [A] expresses values determined by a constraining relationship imposed upon the spatio-spectral information, [b] expresses recorded information for the image, and [x] expresses an unknown material/illumination component of the image, perform an optimization operation to determine a solution for the equation, and utilize the solution to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image.
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16. A computer system comprising:
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a memory storing an image file containing an image; a constraint generator library storing a plurality of constraint software modules, each one of the constraint software modules defining spatio-spectral information utilized by the respective one of the constraint software modules and an expression of a constraining relationship imposed upon the respective spatio-spectral information; a service provider; and a solver;
wherein;the service provider operates to select a constraint software module from the plurality of constraint software modules, arrange spatio-spectral information relevant to the image as a function of the selected constraint software module, and input the arranged spatio-spectral information relevant to the image to the solver, the solver operates to perform an optimization operation as a function of the arranged spatio-spectral information relevant to the image, to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. An automated, computerized method for processing an image, comprising the steps of:
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providing an image; 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. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A computer system which comprises:
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a CPU; and a memory storing an image file containing an image; the CPU arranged and configured to execute a routine to generate spatio-spectral information for the image, define a constraint as a function of the spatio-spectral information, and perform an optimization operation as a function of the constraint to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image.
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24. An automated, computerized method for processing an image, comprising the steps of:
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providing an image; generating spatio-spectral information for the image; defining a set of constraints as a function of the spatio-spectral information; and performing an optimization operation as a function of the constraints, wherein individual ones of the set of constraints are weighted relative to one another, in the optimization operation, according to preselected factors, to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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