Method and apparatus for setting a region of interest in image data
US8115821B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 9, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V10/248
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An ROI setting apparatus including an ROI recognition unit and an ROI control unit is provided. In one embodiment, the ROI recognition unit contains multiple ROI recognition modules for recognizing an ROI of image data according to various methods to obtain a recognition result. The ROI control unit selects one ROI recognition module out of the ROI recognition modules and sets ROI information based on the recognition result. The ROI recognition module may be selected according to an instruction from a user input via an operation unit, or a scene type selected by a scene selection switch of an image capture unit. The ROI control unit may perform operations such as selecting, enlarging, or reducing the ROI recognized by the ROI recognition module, or changing the ROI recognition conditions according to the respective instructions from the user input via the operation unit.
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