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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Hwa Sup Lim, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Byong Min Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Hwa Sup Lim, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Byong Min Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00369 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus is provided. A silhouette extractor may extract a silhouette image of a target object from an input depth image. A first calculator may determine a location of at least one limb of the target object and a location of at least one joint connecting the at least one limb by applying a rectangle fitting algorithm with respect to the silhouette image.