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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2011
Ashley Partis, Camperdown, AU;
Amit Kumar Gupta, Liberty Grove, AU;
Peter Jan Pakulski, Marsfield, AU;
Qianlu Lin, Artarmon, AU;
Ashley Partis, Camperdown, AU;
Amit Kumar Gupta, Liberty Grove, AU;
Peter Jan Pakulski, Marsfield, AU;
Qianlu Lin, Artarmon, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a system and method for performing foreground/background separation on an input image. The method pre-classifies () an input visual element in the input image as one of a first element type and a second element type, dependent upon a predetermined characteristic. The method performs a first foreground/background separation () on the input visual element that has been pre-classified as the first element type, wherein the first foreground/background separation step is based on color data and brightness data of the input visual element. The method performs a second foreground/background separation () on the input visual element that has been pre-classified as the second element type, wherein the second foreground/background separation step is based on color data, brightness data, and texture of the input visual element.