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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Fei Mai, Parramatta, AU;
Geoffrey Richard Taylor, Carlingford, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of detecting a supporting surface region in an image captured by a camera is disclosed. An object in the image is detected. One or more regions of the image in which a lower part of the detected object exists are determined. A degree of confidence for each of the regions is determined. The degree of confidence indicates likelihood of a corresponding region being a supporting surface region. One or more of the regions are selected based on each corresponding degree of confidence. Similarity of other regions in the image to at least one of the selected regions is determined. The supporting surface region is detected based on the determined similarity.