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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Sitaram Bhagavathy, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Dong-qing Zhang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Sitaram Bhagavathy, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Dong-Qing Zhang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00711 (2013.01); G06T 5/00 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30228 (2013.01); G06K 9/00684 (2013.01); G06K 9/00724 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for analyzing video to detect far-view scenes in sports video to determine when certain image processing algorithms should be applied. The method comprises analyzing and classifying the fields of view of images from a video signal, creating and classifying the fields of view of sets of sequential images, and selectively applying image processing algorithms to sets of sequential images representing a particular type of field of view.