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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. 27, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Mark Allman, Southampton, GB;
Scott John Clee, Winchester, GB;
Inventors:
Mark Allman, Southampton, GB;
Scott John Clee, Winchester, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of removing a moving part from a video stream image comprising obtaining a plurality of frame-series images of the scene, each image comprising a moving part and a static part; comparing the plurality of frame-series images to identify parts of the scene that are static for a plurality of frames; and building part of the scene identified as static.