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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2019
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Kyota Higa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Babazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyoshi Miyano, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a foreground extraction apparatus, an extraction result generation unit performs a foreground extraction using a plurality of foreground extraction models for an input image, and generates foreground extraction results. A selection unit selects one or more foreground extraction models among the plurality of foreground extraction models using respective foreground results acquired by the plurality of foreground extraction models. A foreground region generation unit extracts each foreground region based on the input image using the selected one or more foreground extraction models.