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Object-of-interest detection and recognition with split, full-resolution image processing pipeline

US9251431B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 30, 2014
Grant dateFeb 2, 2016
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Expiry dateJul 26, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/44
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Differing embodiments of this disclosure may employ one or all of the several techniques described herein to utilize a “split” image processing pipeline, wherein one part of the “split” image processing pipeline runs an object-of-interest recognition algorithm on scaled down (also referred to herein as “low-resolution”) frames received from a camera of a computing device, while the second part of the “split” image processing pipeline concurrently runs an object-of-interest detector in the background on full resolution (also referred to herein as “high-resolution”) image frames received from the camera. If the object-of-interest detector detects an object-of-interest that can be read, it then crops the object-of-interest out of the “high-resolution” camera buffer, optionally performs a perspective correction, and/or scaling on the object-of-interest to make it the desired size needed by the object-of-interest recognition algorithm, and then sends the scaled, high-resolution representation of the object-of-interest to the object-of-interest recognition algorithm for further processing.

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