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System and method for segmenting foreground and background in a video

US8280165B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 21, 2009
Grant dateOct 2, 2012
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Expiry dateApr 16, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/10016
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention discloses a system and method for segmenting foreground and background in a video, wherein the system comprises: a video shooting module for shooting the video; a data reading module for reading each frame of the video; a primary segmentation module for establishing a plurality of Gaussian models in a first color space for each pixel of each frame, and performing a matching processing between each pixel of the current frame and the plurality of Gaussian models corresponding to the pixel, and primarily segmenting the pixels as foreground and background according to the result of the matching processing; and a segmentation rejudging module for performing a rejudging processing to the primarily segmented foreground and background in a second color space, so as to obtain the finally determined foreground and background. The present invention improves the effect of foreground segmentation by using the combination of the color spaces and introducing the relationship between pixels.

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