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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Quang Tuan Pham, North Ryde, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of classifying foreground and background in an image of a video by determining a pitch color model of the image, the pitch color model comprising a pitch color, color shades of the pitch color, and the pitch color and the color shades under different shades of shadow. Then determining a pitch mask based on a pitch segmentation of the image of the video, determining a pitch background model based on the pitch mask and the pitch color model. The method may continue by classifying each of the elements of the pitch mask as background if a color of the element of the pitch mask matches the pitch color model and updating the pitch background model and the pitch color model using the colors of the elements that have been classified to match the pitch color model.
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