System and method for video processing by image segmentation

Details System and method for video processing by image segmentation System and method for video processing by image segmentation

2003-09-12

2010-11-23

Bali, Vikkram (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Image segmentation

C382S164000, C382S171000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07840068

ABSTRACT:
Video data is segmented by representing the pixel location, RGB values and other features such as motion vectors, as points in a multidimensional segmentation space. Initialized segments are represented as locations in the segmentation space and segment membership then determined by the distance in segmentation space from the data point representing the pixel to the location of the segment. The distance measure takes into consideration the covariance of the data, for the segment or for the picture.

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