Patent ID: 7822284

Claim:
An improved signal processing circuit for filling a void in an image, the void being located at a position in said image whereat the void has image elements at least partially surrounding the void, said circuit comprising: a circuit to provide at least two sets of image elements, partially surrounding the void; a comparison circuit to compare each set of image elements to each other set to determine similarity between elements within each set and to select a set of most similar image elements; and a fill logic circuit configured to fill the void with at least one image element from the set of most similar image elements, wherein the fill logic circuit is an electronic circuit configured to do at least one of: a) change an address of one or more image elements to alter the void, b) correct one or more image elements to alter the void, c) improve one or more image elements to alter the void, d) replace one or more image elements to alter the void, e) substitute one or more image elements to alter the void, f) add to one or more image elements to alter the void, g) provide additional elements to one or more image elements to alter the void, h) create one or more new image elements spatially located between two of the other image elements to alter the void, i) turn an off pixel on or an on pixel off to alter the void, j) reduce the bandwidth of the signal to alter the void, and k) generate one or more new image elements to alter the void.