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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2019
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues, Northwood, GB;
Serban Georgescu, London, GB;
Joseph Townsend, High Wycombe, GB;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method to sample the image to generate patches. Feature vectors are extracted from the patches, and the extracted feature vectors are partitioned into clusters, where feature vectors in the same cluster share a common characteristic. A portion of interest in the image is segmented. An aggregate bounding region creation process is carried out by finding the largest segment and creating a bounding box around it; determining which cluster contains the most patches within the bounding box of the segment; and adding the patches of the determined cluster to an aggregate bounding region for the portion of interest. The aggregate bounding region creation process is repeated for each other segment in order of size. The resulting aggregate bounding region contains all the patches associated with the portion of interest. The patches which fall outside the resulting aggregate bounding region are then removed from the image.