Method and system for identifying tokens in an image
View Patent ↗In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, augmenting a preselected area of the image in a manner to decrease a number of token regions representing the preselected area, and identifying token regions in the augmented image.
1. An automated, computerized method for processing an image, comprising the steps of:
providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory;
augmenting a preselected area of the image in a manner to decrease a number of token regions representing the preselected area; and
identifying token regions in the augmented image.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of augmenting a preselected area of the image in a manner to decrease a number of token regions representing the preselected area is carried out by blurring the preselected area.
3. The method of claim 1 including the further steps of using the identified token regions to calculate material reflectance and illumination intrinsic images, and recalculating the material reflectance image as a function of the image and the illumination intrinsic image.
4. A computer system which comprises:
a CPU; and
a memory storing an image file containing an image;
the CPU arranged and configured to execute a routine to augment a preselected area of the image in a manner to decrease a number of token regions representing the preselected area; and identify token regions in the augmented image.
5. A computer program product, disposed on a non-transitory computer readable media, the product including computer executable process steps operable to control a computer to: provide an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, augment a preselected area of the image in a manner to decrease a number of token regions representing the preselected area; and identify token regions in the augmented image.
6. The computer program product of claim 5 wherein the process step to augment a preselected area of the image in a manner to decrease a number of token regions representing the preselected area is carried out by blurring the preselected area.
7. The computer program product of claim 5 , including the further process steps of using the identified token regions to calculate material reflectance and illumination intrinsic images, and recalculating the material reflectance image as a function of the image and the illumination intrinsic image.