Patent ID: 8977070
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: accessing component images of a target image; analyzing the accessed component images; based on the analysis of the accessed component images, identifying, in a first component image of the target image, a portion of the first component image that corresponds to a blotch that is absent from at least one other of the accessed component images; identifying a region of the first component image located adjacent to the portion of the first component image that corresponds to the blotch; analyzing the portion of the first component image that corresponds to the blotch with respect to the identified region of the first component image located adjacent to the portion of the first component image that corresponds to the blotch; based on the analysis of the portion of the first component image with respect to the identified region, determining how similar the portion of the first component image is to the identified region; and based on the determination of how similar the portion of the first component image is to the identified region, processing, by at least one processor, the portion of the first component image that corresponds to the blotch.