摘要 |
A median filter using an MxN window sorts MxN pixel data along each column in descending order to generate N data strings, each having M sorted pixel data. The N data strings are sequentially stored in a shift register. Data strings in different stages of the shift register are merged with one another in descending order to generate a new sorted data string. Such sorted data strings are again merged with each other to generate a data string having Mx(N-1) sorted data. M+1 data surrounding the median value of the data string are merged with a data string having M sorted data in descending order to generate a data string having 2M+1 sorted data. The data value at the median rank of the 2M+1 sorted data is output as the median value of the MxN image data.
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