Identifying stale background pixels in a video analysis system

Details Identifying stale background pixels in a video analysis system Identifying stale background pixels in a video analysis system

2008-05-29

2011-10-18

Sherali, Ishrat I (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Image segmentation

C382S162000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08041116

ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a module for identifying a background of a scene depicted in an acquired stream of video frames that may be used by a video-analysis system. For each pixel or block of pixels in an acquired video frame a comparison measure is determined. The comparison measure depends on difference of color values exhibited in the acquired video frame and in a background image respectively by the pixel or block of pixels and a corresponding pixel and block of pixels in the background image. To determine the comparison measure, the resulting difference is considered in relation to a range of possible color values. If the comparison measure is above a dynamically adjusted threshold, the pixel or the block of pixels is classified as a part of the background of the scene.

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