Patent ID: 8811730

Claim:
A method comprising: accessing (i) a first pixel of an image and (ii) a second pixel of the image, wherein the first pixel and the second pixel are neighboring to a third pixel of the image, wherein the first pixel includes a first plurality of color fields and the second pixel includes a second plurality of color fields, wherein each color field of the first plurality of color fields of the first pixel is associated with a respective color plane of a plurality of color planes, and wherein each color field of the second plurality of color fields of the second pixel is associated with a respective color plane of the plurality of color planes; modifying the first plurality of color fields of the first pixel to generate a corresponding first plurality of modified color fields of the first pixel; and using (i) the first plurality of modified color fields of the first pixel and (ii) the second plurality of color fields of the second pixel to process the third pixel.