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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2002
Alan J. Lipton, Falls Church, VA (US);
Niels Haering, Arlington, VA (US);
Mark C. Allmen, Morrison, CO (US);
Peter L. Venetianer, McLean, VA (US);
Thomas E. Slowe, Middleburg, VA (US);
Zhong Zhang, Herndon, VA (US);
Alan J. Lipton, Falls Church, VA (US);
Niels Haering, Arlington, VA (US);
Mark C. Allmen, Morrison, CO (US);
Peter L. Venetianer, McLean, VA (US);
Thomas E. Slowe, Middleburg, VA (US);
Zhong Zhang, Herndon, VA (US);
Objectvideo, Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Abstract
A method for video background scene maintenance uses statistical pixel modeling. A background statistical model is built based on the input video. A background image may be built based on the background statistical model, or video segmentation into foreground and background may be carried out based on the background statistical model.