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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Shi-min HU, Beijing, CN;
Ming-ming Cheng, Beijing, CN;
Guo-xin Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Niloy J. Mitra, London, GB;
Xiang Ruan, Otsu, JP;
Shi-Min Hu, Beijing, CN;
Ming-Ming Cheng, Beijing, CN;
Guo-Xin Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Niloy J. Mitra, London, GB;
Xiang Ruan, Otsu, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Tsinghua University, Beijing, CN;
Abstract
An image processing method includes a segmentation step that segments an input image into a plurality of regions by using an automatic segmentation algorithm, and a computation step that calculates a saliency value of one region of the plurality of segmented regions by using a weighted sum of color differences between the one region and all other regions. Accordingly, it is possible to automatically analyze visual saliency regions in an image, and a result of analysis can be used in application areas including significant object segmentation, object recognition, adaptive image compression, content-aware image resizing, and image retrieval.