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Method for recognizing shapes and system implementing said method

US8693765B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 13, 2009
Grant dateApr 8, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/97
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention includes a method for recognizing shapes using a preprocessing mechanism that decomposes a source signal into basic components called atoms and a recognition mechanism that is based on the result of the decomposition performed by the preprocessing mechanism. In the method, the preprocessing mechanism includes at least one learning phase culminating in a set of signals called kernels, the kernels being adapted to minimize a cost function representing the capacity of the kernels to correctly reconstruct the signals from the database while guaranteeing a sparse decomposition of the source signal while using a database of signals representative of the source to be processed and a coding phase for decomposing the source signal into atoms, the atoms being generated by shifting of the kernels according to their index, each of the atoms being associated with a decomposition coefficient. The invention also includes a shape recognition system for implementing the method.

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