Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Image analysis is the extraction of meaningful information fr om images, such as the extraction of information from digital images using digit al image processing techniques. Digital image analysis or computer image analysi s uses a computer or electrical device to study an image to obtain useful inform ation from the image. Image analysis can involve computer vision or machine visi on, and may use pattern recognition, digital geometry, and signal processing.”