Image analysis – Pattern recognition – Classification
Patent
1996-02-12
1999-10-05
Au, Amelia
Image analysis
Pattern recognition
Classification
G06K 962
Patent
active
059636700
ABSTRACT:
An image processing system and methods of operation within such a system are disclosed. The image processing system utilizes a class model defined by one or more relative relationships between a plurality of image patches. The relative relationships describe the overall organization of images within an image class. The relative relationships are encoded in a global deformable template which can be used to classify or detect images. The class model may be predefined or generated by an image processing system.
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Grimson W. Eric L.
Lipson Pamela R.
Poggio Tomaso
Sinha Pawan
Ahmed Samir
Au Amelia
Daly Christopher S.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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