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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Jau-hong Kao, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-yang Lin, Minsyong Township, TW;
Wen-how Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-ta Wu, Wugu Township, TW;
Jau-Hong Kao, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Yang Lin, Minsyong Township, TW;
Wen-How Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Ta Wu, Wugu Township, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for creating an appearance model of an object includes receiving an image of the object and creating a hierarchical appearance model of the object from the image of the object. The hierarchical appearance model has a plurality of layers, each layer including one or more nodes. Nodes in each layer contain information of the object with a corresponding level of detail. Nodes in different layers of the hierarchical appearance model correspond to different levels of detail.