Merge and removal in a planar map of an image
AssigneeAdobe Systems Incorporated
InventorPeter Skirko
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Abstract
Methods and systems to merge and/or remove (e.g., edges, regions, vertices, etc.) in a planar map of a raster image are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying color similarities between each of a plurality of regions of an image and merging neighboring regions based on the color similarities. In addition, the method may include determining a merging order and merging certain regions based on the merging order; merging other regions without considering the merging order when the other regions are smaller than a threshold size; and removing artifacts and noise from the image based on the threshold size.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- identifying color similarities between neighboring regions of a plurality of regions of an image;
- merging, using a processor, first neighboring regions of the plurality of regions based on the identifying of the color similarities between the neighboring regions;
- and
- generating a traced image based on the merged first neighboring regions.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a merge module to identify color similarities between neighboring regions of a plurality of regions of an image, and to merge first neighboring regions of the plurality of regions based on the identifying of the color similarities between the neighboring regions;
- a remove module to update the planar map based on at least one operation of the merge module;
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- a tracing engine module to generate a traced image based on the merged first neighboring regions.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- identify color similarities between neighboring regions of a plurality of regions of an image;
- merge first neighboring regions of the plurality of regions based on the identifying of the color similarities between the neighboring regions;
- and
- generate a traced image based on the merged first neighboring regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.