Patent ID: 8705874

Claim:
An image processing method using a regionalized architecture, comprising: classifying a plurality of neighboring pixels having at least one similarity characteristic in an image into a group region having the same characteristics; assigning a unique group mark to each of the group regions; describing an edge of each group region as a regionalized chain code; identifying each of the group regions according to the group mark and the regionalized chain code of the group region; and simultaneously performing at least one image processing procedure on the group regions, wherein the step of performing at least one image processing procedure on the group regions comprises: performing a convolution calculation on each of a plurality of pixels in one of the group regions, wherein when performing the convolution calculation on a currently processed pixel of the pixels, only the currently processed pixel and at least one first neighboring pixel in 4-connectivity neighboring of the currently processed pixel in the same group region as the currently processed pixel are calculated with a mask, and a second neighboring pixel in 4-connectivity neighboring of the currently processed pixel which is not in the same group region as the currently processed pixel is not calculated with the mask.