Patent ID: 6058248
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for enhancing an input data set, representing a contiguous construct expressible as subsets of data coordinates representative of individual elements of the input data set, to increase resolution of the construct to an output construct resolution data set, the method comprising the steps of:choosing a first data coordinate subset of the construct;designating a set of second data coordinate subsets wherein each of the second data coordinate subsets is in a predetermined proximate relationship to said first data coordinate subset;characterizing said set of second data coordinate subsets by a first vector representative of a value related to at least one construct characterizing factor of said contiguous constructproviding a data base, said data base having groups of data filters for said at least one construct characterizing factor, each of said groups of data filters having a second vector identifying at least one construct characterizing factor data filter group directly related to said at least one construct characterizing factor such that filtering a data coordinate subset of said input data set by a second vector identified group of data filters enhances the resolution of said first data coordinate subset;comparing said first vector to said second vector;selecting at least one of said groups of data filters based on a predetermined relationship of said first vector to said second vector;filtering said second data coordinate subsets with a selected group of data filters from said step of selectingto calculate a third subset of data coordinates consisting of a plurality of filtered second data coordinate subsets;substituting said third subset for said first data coordinate subset in said construct; andrepeating each step of said process for each first data coordinate subset in said construct.