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Method and system for learning a same-material constraint in an image

US8600169B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 2012
Grant dateDec 3, 2013
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/60
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, assembling a feature vector for the image file, the feature vector containing information regarding a likelihood that a selected pair of regions of the image file are of a same intrinsic characteristic, providing a classifier derived from a computer learning technique, computing a classification score for the selected pair of regions of the image file, as a function of the feature vector and the classifier and classifying the regions as being of the same intrinsic characteristic, as a function of the classification score.

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