Method and apparatus for analysing an image
CA 2245971 A1 · Owner: Fitzgerald, Stephen Peter · Inventors: Lamont, John Victor; Fitzgerald, Stephen Peter; Mcconnell, Robert Ivan
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A method of analysing an image to obtain an image value. The image comprises a defined array of pixel values. The method comprises, (1) determining the highest pixel value in the image; (2) calculating a lower threshold pixel value from the highest pixel value determined in step (1) in accordance with a predetermined algorithm; and (3) obtaining the image value by statistically analysing the pixel values in the image which lie in a range defined by the lower threshold pixel value calculated in step (2).
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- Filed August 26, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 26, 2018.
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