| US 7,460,732 B2 | ||
| Method and system for object recognition using fractal maps | ||
| Joel Recht, Monsey, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Ikonisys, Inc., New Haven, Conn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 11, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/28,934. | ||
| Application 12/028934 is a continuation of application No. 11/745245, filed on May 07, 2007, granted, now 7,373,018. | ||
| Application 11/745245 is a continuation of application No. 11/259432, filed on Oct. 26, 2005, granted, now 7,215,829. | ||
| Application 11/259432 is a continuation of application No. 10/368049, filed on Feb. 14, 2003, granted, now 6,993,187. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0131026 A1, Jun. 05, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—291 [382/181] | 1 Claim |
| 1. An apparatus for discriminating objects in a digital image comprising:
an automated scanning optical microscopy system;
a digital camera attached to said automated scanning optical microscopy system and configured to capture said digital image
of field of view of said microscopy system;
an image processor configured to receive said digital image from said digital camera and to perform the steps of:
automatically assigning to each pixel in the digital image a pixel value that represents the fractal dimension of the pixel
to generate a fractal map;
segmenting the fractal map into two or more fractal images; and
shrinking objects in the segmented fractal images.
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