Patent ID: 7667717

Claim:
A computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform a method for processing two or more images represented by a set of feature classes comprising: associating each of the two or more images with a set of feature class data, including at least texture class data; independently assigning a processing weight for each of the set of feature classes; processing the set of feature class data according to the independently assigned processing weight to generate a blended image, the act of processing includes: summing multiple summands, including: a first summand being a summation of two addends, one of which is a product of a weight value for a luminance channel and luminance pixels for an image and another of which is a product of luminance pixels for another image and a difference between a constant and the weight value for the luminance channel, a second summand being a summation of two addends, one of which is a product of a weight value for a red-green color difference channel and red-green color difference pixels for the image and another of which is a product of red-green color difference pixels for the another image and a difference between the constant and the weight value for the red-green color difference channel, a third summand being a summation of two addends, one of which is a product of a weight value for a blue-yellow color difference channel and blue-yellow color difference pixels for the image and another of which is a product of blue-yellow color difference pixels for the another image and a difference between the constant and the weight value for the blue-yellow color difference channel, and a fourth summand being a summation two addends, one of which is a product of a weight value for a texture channel and texture channel values for the image and another of which is a product of texture channel values of the another image and a difference between the constant and weight value for the texture channel; and displaying the blended image.