Patent ID: 6233369
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: G06F,G06T,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A system for performing morphology computations on image pixel data, comprising:a data flow controller, for providing image pixel data in groups containing at least two adjacent image pixel data values, and for providing framing signals;a neighborhood generator, for receiving said image pixel data and framing signals and for generating at least two sets of neighborhood data, each of said two sets of neighborhood data containing at least three rows and at least four columns of said image pixel data and at least one corresponding pixel-valid signal for each image pixel data value in said at least three rows and at least four columns of said image pixel data in each said at least two sets of neighborhood data;at least one validity checker, responsive to said pixel-valid signal for each image pixel data value in said at least three rows and at least four columns of said image pixel data in each said at least two sets of neighborhood data, for substituting background values in place of said image pixel data values when said pixel-valid signal corresponding to said image pixel value is false; andat least two neighborhood processors, responsive to said at least two sets of neighborhood data and said pixel-valid signal for each image pixel data value in said at least three rows and at least four columns of said image pixel data in each said at least two sets of neighborhood data, for generally simultaneously generating processed result values for each of said at least two sets of neighborhood data.