Patent ID: 8781220

Claim:
A method comprising: accessing a first pixel that is neighboring to a second pixel of an image, wherein the second pixel is to be processed as a target pixel, wherein the first pixel includes a plurality of color fields, and wherein each color field of the plurality of color fields of the first pixel is associated with a respective color plane of a plurality of color planes; determining whether the first pixel was previously processed as the target pixel; and performing at least one of (A) in response to determining that the first pixel was previously processed as the target pixel, (i) modifying the plurality of color fields of the first pixel to generate a corresponding plurality of modified color fields of the first pixel and (ii) based at least in part on the plurality of modified color fields of the first pixel, processing the second pixel as the target pixel, or (B) in response to determining that the first pixel was not previously processed as the target pixel, processing the second pixel as the target pixel based at least in part on the plurality of color fields of the first pixel.