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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Felix L. Chang, Taipei, TW;
Winston H. Hsu, Nantou County, TW;
Miao-fen Chueh, Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Institute for Information Industry, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for foreground detection using multi-modality fusion graph cut includes the following steps. A video frame of a video sequence is inputted. A foreground region in the video frame is designated using adaptive background Gaussian Mixture Model and a threshold value. The foreground region is segmented using a multi-modality fusion graph cut procedure. A computer program product using the method and a system for foreground detection using multi-modality fusion graph cut are also disclosed herein.