(19)
(11) EP 1 480 166 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
08.11.2006 Bulletin 2006/45

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
04.10.2006 Bulletin 2006/40

(21) Application number: 04102100.7

(22) Date of filing: 13.05.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06T 5/00(2006.01)

(54)

An edge enhancement process and system

Verfahren und System zur Kantenhervorhebung

Procédé et système d'accentuation des bords

(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 17.05.2003 SG 200303013

(43) Date of publication of application:
24.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/48

(73) Proprietor: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
554575 SINGAPORE (SG)

(72) Inventor:
  • Chiang, Patricia Wei Yin
    680163 Singapore (SG)

(74) Representative: Jorio, Paolo et al
Studio Torta S.r.l. Via Viotti, 9
10121 Torino
10121 Torino (IT)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A- 0 635 804
EP-A- 1 248 234
 EP-A- 1 043 688
   
  • RYDBERG A ET AL: "Extracting multispectral edges in satellite images over agricultural fields" IMAGE ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING, 1999. PROCEEDINGS. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VENICE, ITALY 27-29 SEPT. 1999, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, 27 September 1999 (1999-09-27), pages 786-791, XP010354316 ISBN: 0-7695-0040-4
   
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