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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Thomson Licensing, Issy de Moulineaux, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
THOMSON LICENSING, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/187 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6218 (2013.01); G06K 9/6227 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/187 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20116 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for generating superpixels for an image comprising pixels and an apparatus configured to perform the method. A clustering stage clusters the pixels into initial clusters. A determination stage then selects spatially coherent parts of the clusters and determines unconnected fragments of the clusters. Pixels of these unconnected fragments are iteratively assigned to adjacent clusters by an assignment stage using a contour evolution process.