Apparatus for detecting sudden changes of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- first means for recording a first image of a physical object or scene and dividing said first image into discrete picture elements;
second means for transforming said first image which has been divided into discrete picture elements into a vector representation, said vector representation comprising complex valued signals,third means for accessing said complex valued signals from a plurality of picture elements which collectively form a plurality of overlapping regions of a vector valued image, one complex valued signal for each picture element of said plurality of picture elements, each of said complex valued signals having a phase which describes feature class and a magnitude which describes certainty in feature assertion, said complex valued signals representing said feature;
fourth means for accessing at least two collections of corresponding complex valued multiplication factor signals for each picture element of said plurality of picture elements, each of said complex valued multiplication factor signals having a phase and a magnitude, said at least two collections of corresponding complex valued multiplication factor signals forming at least two corresponding masks which represent a predetermined, idealized variation of said feature in a respective region of said plurality of overlapping regions;
fifth means coupled to said third means and said fourth means for correlating said complex valued image signals, for each region of said plurality of overlapping regions, to said at least two collections of said corresponding complex valued multiplication factor signals of a respective region, so that at least two measurement signals are outputted by said third means for each region of said plurality of overlapping regions; and
,sixth means coupled to said fifth means and inputting said at least two signals for norming and summing said at least two measurement signals so that a complex valued output signal is outputted by said sixth means for each region of said plurality of overlapping regions thereby producing a second image representing characterizing properties of a recorded image of said physical object or scene.
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Abstract
The invention concerns an apparatus for detecting sudden changes of a feature in a region of an image that is divided into discrete picture elements, the feature being represented by complex valued signals, one for each picture element, the signal phase representing the feature class and the signal magnitude representing the certainty in the feature assertion. The apparatus includes a first unit (3) for providing the complex valued signals (10) within the region and at least a second unit for providing at least two collections of complex valued multiplication factor signals (11, 12, 13) that corresponds to the complex valued signals. The apparatus further has a third unit (4) for forming a measurement signal for each collection of multiplication factors, the measurement signal consisting of the sum of the squares of the magnitudes of a first sum signal, which consists of the complex valued products of the complex valued signals (10) and corresponding complex valued multiplication factor signals (11, 12, 13), and a second sum signal, which consists of the complex valued products of the complex valued signals and corresponding conjugate of the complex valued multiplication factor signals. A fourth unit (5) is provided for a complex valued coefficient weighted summation of a function, which depends on the complex valued multiplication factor signals, of the measurement signals from the third unit (4).
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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first means for recording a first image of a physical object or scene and dividing said first image into discrete picture elements; second means for transforming said first image which has been divided into discrete picture elements into a vector representation, said vector representation comprising complex valued signals, third means for accessing said complex valued signals from a plurality of picture elements which collectively form a plurality of overlapping regions of a vector valued image, one complex valued signal for each picture element of said plurality of picture elements, each of said complex valued signals having a phase which describes feature class and a magnitude which describes certainty in feature assertion, said complex valued signals representing said feature; fourth means for accessing at least two collections of corresponding complex valued multiplication factor signals for each picture element of said plurality of picture elements, each of said complex valued multiplication factor signals having a phase and a magnitude, said at least two collections of corresponding complex valued multiplication factor signals forming at least two corresponding masks which represent a predetermined, idealized variation of said feature in a respective region of said plurality of overlapping regions; fifth means coupled to said third means and said fourth means for correlating said complex valued image signals, for each region of said plurality of overlapping regions, to said at least two collections of said corresponding complex valued multiplication factor signals of a respective region, so that at least two measurement signals are outputted by said third means for each region of said plurality of overlapping regions; and
,sixth means coupled to said fifth means and inputting said at least two signals for norming and summing said at least two measurement signals so that a complex valued output signal is outputted by said sixth means for each region of said plurality of overlapping regions thereby producing a second image representing characterizing properties of a recorded image of said physical object or scene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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