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US 8,761,533 · App. 13/101,922 · Granted Jun 24, 2014

Method for performing image processing applications using quadratic programming

Inventors: Matthew Brand (Newton, MA); Dongui Chen (Medford, MA)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,761,533
App. No.
13/101,922
Granted
Jun 24, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method performs an image processing application by expressing the image processing application as a non-negative quadratic program (NNQP) with a quadratic objective, and nonnegativity constraints. A Karush-Kuhn-Tucker condition of the NNQP is expressed as a fixpoint ratio. Then, the fixpoint ratio is determined iteratively until a solution to the image processing application is reached with a desired precision.

Claims (9)

1. A method for performing an image processing application, comprising the steps of:

expressing the image processing application as a non-negative quadratic program (NNQP) with a quadratic objective, and nonnegativity constraints;

expressing a Karush-Kuhn-Tucker condition of the NNQP as a fixpoint ratio; and

determining iteratively the fixpoint ratio until a solution to the image processing application is reached with a desired precision, wherein the solution to the image processing application is an output image produced by the image processing application, and

wherein steps are performed in a processor.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the NNQP has linear constraints.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein an input to the image processing application is a set of low-resolution images, and the fixpoint ratio is a non-negative least squares (NNLS) iterator, and the solution is a high-resolution image.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein an input to the image processing application is a set of partially labeled images, and the fixpoint ratio is a non-negative least squares (NNLS) iterator, and the solution is a set of completely labeled images.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein an input to the image processing application is a blurred image, and the fixpoint ratio is a non-negative least squares (NNLS) iterator, and the solution is a deblurred image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2012
From: BRAND, MATTHEW; CHEN, DONGUI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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