Methods and systems to index and retrieve pixel data

Patent 7050629 Issued on May 23, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date:

May 31, 2022. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Intel Corporation

Application

No. 10160491 filed on 05/31/2002

US Classes:

382/173, IMAGE SEGMENTATION382/190, Feature extraction382/103, Target tracking or detecting382/166, Compression of color images382/165, Pattern recognition or classification using color382/179Segmenting hand-printed characters

Examiners

Primary: Johns, Andrew W.
Assistant: Alavi, Ali

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

International Classes

G06K 9/34
G06K 9/46

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided to index and retrieve pixel data. Pixel data is received, and connected pixel components are identified. The connected pixel components are associated with segments. Spatial invariant features are extracted for each of the segments, and keys are acquired for each segment. The features and keys are associated with one another and indexed in a data store for subsequent retrieval.