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Image object segmentation based on temporal information

US10818014B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 27, 2018
Grant dateOct 27, 2020
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B27/031
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A temporal object segmentation system determines a location of an object depicted in a video. In some cases, the temporal object segmentation system determines the object's location in a particular frame of the video based on information indicating a previous location of the object in a previous video frame. For example, an encoder neural network in the temporal object segmentation system extracts features describing image attributes of a video frame. A convolutional long-short term memory neural network determines the location of the object in the frame, based on the extracted image attributes and information indicating a previous location in a previous frame. A decoder neural network generates an image mask indicating the object's location in the frame. In some cases, a video editing system receives multiple generated masks for a video, and modifies one or more video frames based on the locations indicated by the masks.

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