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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2010
Carsten Curt Eckard Rother, Cambridge, GB;
Toby Sharp, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew Blake, Cambridge, GB;
Vladimir Kolmogorov, Harrow, GB;
Carsten Curt Eckard Rother, Cambridge, GB;
Toby Sharp, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew Blake, Cambridge, GB;
Vladimir Kolmogorov, Harrow, GB;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods of updating image segmentation following user input are described. In an embodiment, the properties used in computing the different portions of the image are updated as a result of one or more user inputs. Image elements which have been identified by a user input are given more weight when updating the properties than other image elements which have already been assigned to a particular portion of the image. In another embodiment, an updated segmentation is post-processed such that only regions which are connected to an appropriate user input are updated.