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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kevin M. Holt, Chicago, IL (US);
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A control circuit having access to at least one high-energy image of a scene assesses that image to identify candidate obfuscaters as well as candidate obfuscated objects. This control circuit then processes information regarding the candidate objects to identify objects of interest. By one approach these objects of interest are deemed 'of interest' as a function of their being obfuscated in a particular context. By one approach these teachings will accommodate identifying objects as being of interest as a function, at least in part, of the material composition of both the object as well as the visual obfuscater. These teachings also will accommodate peeling away background content/attenuation information in order to separate (and facilitate displaying) a given object in relative isolation from that background content.