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System and method for performing segmentation-based enhancements of a video image

  • US 6,903,782 B2
  • Filed: 03/28/2001
  • Issued: 06/07/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for performing segmentation-based enhancements of a video image, said apparatus comprising:

  • an input buffer for storing video frames of an incoming video signal;

    a segmentation controller capable of segmenting a first stored frame into a plurality of segments, each of said plurality of segments comprising a plurality of pixels having at least one common property;

    an image processor capable of calculating a probability function associated with at least one pixel in said first stored frame, said probability function indicating a probability that said at least one pixel belongs within a first selected one of said plurality of segments; and

    an enhancement controller capable of enhancing a parameter of said at least one pixel as a function of said probability function of said at least one pixel.

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