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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2011
Xutao LV, Columbia, MO (US);
Su Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Shengyang Dai, San Jose, CA (US);
Xun Xu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Akira Nakamura, San Jose, CA (US);
Xutao Lv, Columbia, MO (US);
Su Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Shengyang Dai, San Jose, CA (US);
Xun Xu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Akira Nakamura, San Jose, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods for implementing a superpixel image segmentation technique using a boundary preserving distance metric are disclosed. The disclosed technique segments a digital image into superpixels comprising contiguous pixel regions sharing similar characteristics. Superpixel image segmentation techniques presented herein utilize a boundary preserving distance metric. A boundary preserving distance metric presented herein measures the similarity between two pixels of a digital image at least partially based on a boundary probability values of the two pixels and surrounding pixels.