Image analysis – Pattern recognition – Classification
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-07
2011-06-07
Couso, Jose L (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Pattern recognition
Classification
Reexamination Certificate
active
07957597
ABSTRACT:
An analysis and classification tool compares at least a portion of a captured image and a reference image of nominally the same scene. One of the captured and reference images is taken with flash and the other is taken without flash. The tool provides a measure of the difference in illumination between the captured image and the reference image. The tool compares the measure with a threshold and segments a foreground region from a background region based on the measure.
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Bigioi Petronel
Corcoran Peter
Prilutsky Yury
Steinberg Eran
Couso Jose L
Smith Andrew V.
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