Devices and methods for processing images using scale space
US8705867B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 11, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 11, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20101
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Certain embodiments relate to processing images by creating scale space images from an image and using them to identify boundaries of objects in the image. The scale space images can have varying levels of detail. They are used to determine a potential map, which represents a likelihood for pixels to be within or outside a boundary of an object. A label estimating an object boundary can be generated and used to identify pixels that potentially may be within the boundary. An image with object boundaries identified can be further processed before exhibition. For example, the images may be two-dimensional images of a motion picture. Object boundaries can be identified and the two-dimensional (2D) images can be processed using the identified object boundaries and converted to three-dimensional (3D) images for exhibition.
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