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Device for creating and/or processing an object signature, monitoring device, method and computer program

US8670598B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 2009
Grant dateMar 11, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V20/52
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (2) for creating and/or processing an object signature of an object from a scene, wherein the object signature is designed to describe and/or identify the object, comprising a characteristic extraction unit (5) designed to extract at least one characteristic value of the object from the scene, and wherein the characteristic value can be displayed in a characteristics space of the characteristic. The device further comprises a coding unit (8) designed to code the characteristic value into an identification data unit, wherein the identification data unit forms part of the object signature, and wherein the identification data unit refers to a partial region of the characteristic space of the characteristic.

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