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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
May. 11, 2004
Binglong Xie, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Jct., NJ (US);
Visvanathan Ramesh, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Markus Simon, Buckenhof, DE;
Binglong Xie, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Jct., NJ (US);
Visvanathan Ramesh, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Markus Simon, Buckenhof, DE;
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A system and method for object detection are provided where the system includes a component detection unit for detecting components in an image, a component fusion unit in signal communication with the component detection unit for fusing the components into an object, and a CPU in signal communication with the detection and fusion units for comparing the fused components with a statistical model; and the method includes receiving observation data for a plurality of training images, forming at least one statistical model from the plurality of training images, receiving an input image having a plurality of pixels, detecting a plurality of components in the input image, determining a fusion of the detected components, comparing the fusion with the statistical model, and detecting an object in accordance with the comparison.