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Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2010
Applicants:

David J. Mackie, San Jose, CA (US);

Dihong Tian, San Jose, CA (US);

Andrew P. Weir, Malvern, PA (US);

Maurice Buttimer, Newtown Square, PA (US);

Joseph T. Friel, Ardmore, PA (US);

J. William Mauchly, Berwyn, PA (US);

Wen-hsiung Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

David J. Mackie, San Jose, CA (US);

Dihong Tian, San Jose, CA (US);

Andrew P. Weir, Malvern, PA (US);

Maurice Buttimer, Newtown Square, PA (US);

Joseph T. Friel, Ardmore, PA (US);

J. William Mauchly, Berwyn, PA (US);

Wen-Hsiung Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a video input from a camera element; using change detection statistics to identify background image data; using the background image data as a temporal reference to determine foreground image data of a particular video frame within the video input; using a selected foreground image for a background registration of a subsequent video frame; and providing at least a portion of the subsequent video frame to a next destination.


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