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Extracting motion information from digital video sequences

US8335350B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 24, 2011
Grant dateDec 18, 2012
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T7/215
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for analyzing a digital video sequence of a scene to extract background motion information and foreground motion information, comprising: analyzing at least a portion of a plurality of image frames captured at different times to determine corresponding one-dimensional image frame representations; combining the one-dimensional frame representations to form a two-dimensional spatiotemporal representation of the video sequence; using a data processor to identify a set of trajectories in the two-dimensional spatiotemporal representation of the video sequence; analyzing the set of trajectories to identify a set of foreground trajectory segments representing foreground motion information and a set of background trajectory segments representing background motion information; and storing an indication of the foreground motion information or the background motion information or both in a processor-accessible memory.

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