Identification of texture connectivity

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PATENT NO 8913795
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13512525

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A method for identifying the connectivity of texture types represented in a digital image comprising pixels, each pixel having a texture value which is representative of texture at a respective position, the method comprising: partitioning the texture values into local neighborhoods of texture values; determining a directionality for each neighborhood; using the directionality of the neighborhoods to determine their nearest neighborhood or neighborhoods; connecting the neighborhoods with their nearest neighborhood or neighborhoods; and determining the connectivity of the texture types of the digital image based on the connections formed between neighborhoods.

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ONCOMORPH ANALYSIS LTDCOMMERCIALISATION AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY VISUALISATION CENTRE ABERYSTWYTH CEREDIGION SY23 3BF

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Strange, Harry Carmarthen, GB 1 0
Zwiggelaar, Reyer Llanafan, GB 1 0

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