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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2004
Yun Luo, Livonia, MI (US);
Jon K. Wallace, Redford, MI (US);
Yun Luo, Livonia, MI (US);
Jon K. Wallace, Redford, MI (US);
TRW Automotive U.S. LLC, Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for editing an image of a vehicle interior to isolate the occupant of a vehicle seat. An image generator () generates an image of a vehicle interior. A contour generator () produces a contour image from the generated image. A model selector () selects a contour model from a plurality of contour models according to the similarity of the contour model to a portion of the contour image. An image editor () removes a portion of the generated image representing at least a portion of the vehicle seat according to the selected contour model to produce an image of an occupant of the vehicle seat.