The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2011
Ting Yu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Peter Henry Tu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Xiaoming Liu, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ser Nam Lim, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ting Yu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Peter Henry Tu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Xiaoming Liu, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ser Nam Lim, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A novel technique for performing video matting, which is built upon a proposed image matting algorithm that is fully automatic is disclosed. The disclosed methods utilize a PCA-based shape model as a prior for guiding the matting process, so that manual interactions required by most existing image matting methods are unnecessary. By applying the image matting algorithm to these foreground windows, on a per frame basis, a fully automated video matting process is attainable. The process of aligning the shape model with the object is simultaneously optimized based on a quadratic cost function.