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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Kevin Keqiang Deng, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Barry Greenberg, Weston, CT (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Keqiang Deng, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Barry Greenberg, Weston, CT (US);
Assignee:
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00711 (2013.01); G06K 9/3266 (2013.01); G06K 2009/00738 (2013.01); G06K 2209/25 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to specify regions of interest in video frames are disclosed. Example disclosed methods to mark a region in a graphical presentation include selecting a first point located at a substantially central position within the region, selecting a plurality of second points to define a boundary of the region, and comparing a plurality of stored templates with the selected first and second points to identify a first one of the stored templates to represent the region.