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Method and system for segmenting an image based on motion vanishing points

US9430840B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 23, 2015
Grant dateAug 30, 2016
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30236
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method segments an image acquired by a sensor of a scene by first obtaining motion vectors corresponding to the image and generating a motion vanishing point image, wherein each pixel in the motion vanishing point image represents a number of intersections of pairs of motion vectors at the pixel. In the motion vanishing point image, a representation point for each motion vector is generated and distances between the motion vectors are determined based on the representation points. Then, a motion graph is constructed wherein each node represents a motion vector, and each edge represents a weight based on the distance between the nodes. Graph spectral clustering is performed on the motion graph to produce segments of the image.

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