Method for segmenting multi-resolution video objects
US6859554B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20156
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for segmenting video objects in a video sequence that is composed of frames including pixels first assigns a feature vector to each pixel of the video. Next, selected pixels are identified as marker pixels. Pixels adjacent to each marker pixel are assembled into a corresponding a volume of pixels if the distance between the feature vector of the marker pixel and the feature vector of the adjacent pixels is less than a first predetermined threshold. After all pixels have been assembled into volumes, a first score and descriptors are assigned to each volume. At this point, each volume represents a segmented video object. The volumes are then sorted a high-to-low order according to the first scores, and further processed in the high-to-low order. Second scores, dependent on the descriptors of pairs of volumes are determined. The volumes are iteratively combined if the second score passes a second threshold to generate a video object in a resolution video object tree that completes when the combined volume or video object is the entire video.
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