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Segmenting three-dimensional video images using stereo

US6873723B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1999
Grant dateMar 29, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/10021
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is a method and apparatus to segment a three-dimensional scene having foreground and background regions. Regions in stereo images of the 3-D scene are matched. The stereo images include left and right images. Ranges of matched regions are computed. The foreground region is separated from the background region using the computed ranges of the matched regions.

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