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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2009
Andreas Kuleschow, Oberasbach, DE;
Klaus Spinnler, Erlangen, DE;
Christian Münzenmayer, Nuremberg, DE;
Andreas Kuleschow, Oberasbach, DE;
Klaus Spinnler, Erlangen, DE;
Christian Münzenmayer, Nuremberg, DE;
Abstract
A method for detecting an object on an image representable by picture elements includes: 'determining first and second adaptive thresholds for picture elements of the image, depending on an average intensity in a region around the respective picture element', 'determining partial objects of picture elements of a first type that are obtained based on a comparison with the first adaptive threshold', “determining picture elements of a second type that are obtained based on a comparison with the second adaptive threshold” and “combining a first and a second one of the partial objects to an extended partial object by picture elements of the second type, when a minimum distance exists between the first and the second of the partial objects, wherein the object to be detected can be described by a sum of the partial objects of picture elements of the first type and/or the obtained extended partial objects”.