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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Fatih Porikli, Watertown, MA (US);
Hien Nguyen, College Park, MD (US);
Inventors:
Fatih Porikli, Watertown, MA (US);
Hien Nguyen, College Park, MD (US);
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/48 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A shape of an object is represented by a set of points inside and outside the shape. A decision function is learned from the set of points an object. Feature points in the set of points are selected using the decision function, or a gradient of the decision function, and then a local descriptor is determined for each feature point.