US PATENT SUBCLASS 382 / 308
.~.~ Morphological operations (i.e., local neighborhood operations)

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276  DF  IMAGE TRANSFORMATION OR PREPROCESSING {13}
307  DF  .~ General purpose image processor {1}
308.~.~ Morphological operations (i.e., local neighborhood operations)

DEFINITION

Classification: 382/308

Morphological operations (i.e., local neighborhood operations):

(under subclass 307) Subject matter wherein the processing is limited to local neighborhood operations performed on an image and implemented by convolving the image with an image of a structuring element, typically a 3x3 or 5x5 pixel* object, kernel or window.