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Method for automatic visual identification of a reference site in an image

  • US 6,240,208 B1
  • Filed: 08/05/1998
  • Issued: 05/29/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for automatic visual identification of a reference site in an image comprising:

  • identifying at least one parameter that indicates an extent of redundancy within a possible reference site, the extent of redundancy within the possible reference site includes representing a degree of balance of image data of the possible reference site;

    wherein symmetry is a measure of the degree of balance of the image data within the possible reference site, and wherein orthogonality and the symmetry are measures of the extent of redundancy of the possible reference site, and wherein the at least one parameter includes the symmetry, the orthogonality and uniqueness of the possible reference site;

    acquiring the image;

    filtering windows in the image using the at least one parameter so as to provide an ordered set of possible reference sites; and

    reporting the ordered set of possible reference sites.

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