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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2004
Jilin Tu, Urbana, IL (US);
Thomas S. Huang, Urbana, IL (US);
Jilin Tu, Urbana, IL (US);
Thomas S. Huang, Urbana, IL (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for performing shape localization in an image includes deriving a model shape from a database of a plurality of sample shapes. The model shape is defined by a set of landmarks. The method further includes deriving a texture likelihood model of present sub-patches of the set of landmarks defining the model shape in the image, and proposing a new set of landmarks that approximates a true location of features of the shape based on a sample proposal model of the present sub-patches. A CONDENSATION algorithm is used to derive the texture likelihood model and the proposed new set of landmarks.