Patent ID: 8223395
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a refinement color value for a pixel of interest in a digital image, said method comprising: in a computing system comprising a computing device, from a digital image comprising a first plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel in said first plurality of pixels comprises an associated color value, selecting a pixel of interest from said first plurality of pixels, said pixel of interest comprising a pixel-of-interest color value; in said computing system, separating said first plurality of pixels into a second plurality of pixels and a third plurality of pixels based on said pixel-of-interest color value; in said computing system, calculating a refinement color value based on said second plurality of pixels when said second plurality of pixels meets a quantity threshold; in said computing system, calculating said refinement color value based on said third plurality of pixels when said second plurality of pixels does not meet said quantity threshold; and in said computing system, assigning said refinement color value to said pixel of interest.