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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Quang Tuan Pham, North Ryde, AU;
Geoffrey Richard Taylor, Carlingford, AU;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06T 7/68 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/3241 (2013.01); G06T 7/68 (2017.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining a vertical medial axis of an object in an input image, is disclosed. A measure of horizontal symmetry is determined for each pixel of the image. First and second vertical bounds within the image are determined. A continuous path between the first and second vertical bounds is determined based on the horizontal symmetry measure, the continuous path representing the vertical medial axis of the object.