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Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2015
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Peter Henry Tu, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Jixu Chen, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Yang Yu, Secaucus, NJ (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06K 9/52 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0085 (2013.01); G06K 9/00268 (2013.01); G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); G06K 9/52 (2013.01); G06K 9/6267 (2013.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06K 2009/4666 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20144 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving an image comprising a human head from an imaging device. Further, the method includes grouping one or more pixels of the image into one or more super pixels. Furthermore, the method includes generating a polar coordinate grid for the image, wherein the polar coordinate grid comprises one or more grid points. Additionally, the method includes labeling the one or more grid points as one of a face region, a hair region, and a background region based on tiered structure constraint. The method also includes labeling the one or more super pixels as one of the face region, the hair region, and the background region based on the one or more labels of the one or more grid points. Further, the method includes transmitting a notification comprising the one or more labels of the one or more super pixels.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Tu, Peter. (2017). Systems and methods for hair segmentation (U.S. Patent No. 9830710). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9830710

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