Apparatus, method and computer program for classifying pixels in a motion picture as foreground or background
US8204316B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 29, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 19, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30232
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for classifying pixels in each frame of a motion picture as foreground or background. According to the invention, the apparatus has a decision unit and adjustment unit. The decision unit classifies a pixel as a foreground pixel, a background pixel or an undefined pixel based on a first threshold, a second threshold and a distribution value of the pixel representing an occurrence probability of a pixel value of the pixel. The decision unit sorts each pixel into a foreground pixel or a background pixel based on the classification result of the decision unit.
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