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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2009
Kap Kee Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Bon Woo Hwang, Daejeon, KR;
Ji Hyung Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Jin Seo Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Seung Wook Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Chang Woo Chu, Daejeon, KR;
Ho Won Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Bon Ki Koo, Daejeon, KR;
Gil Haeng Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Kap Kee Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Bon Woo Hwang, Daejeon, KR;
Ji Hyung Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Jin Seo Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Seung Wook Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Chang Woo Chu, Daejeon, KR;
Ho Won Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Bon Ki Koo, Daejeon, KR;
Gil haeng Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for separating a foreground and a background. The apparatus includes a background model creation unit for creating a code book including a plurality of code words in order to separate the foreground and the background, and a foreground/background separation unit for separating the foreground and the background using the created code book. The method includes the steps of creating a code book including a plurality of code words in order to separate the foreground and the background, rearranging the cord words of the created code book on the basis of the number of sample data that belong to each of the code words, and separating the foreground and the background using the code book.