Shadow and highlight detection system and method of the same in surveillance camera and recording medium thereof
First Claim
1. A system for detecting a shadow region and a highlight region, the system comprising:
- an image capturing unit to capture a new image;
a background model unit to receive the new image and update a stored background model with the new image;
a difference image obtaining unit to compare the new image with the background model and to obtain a difference image between the new image and the background model;
a penumbra region extraction unit to extract a partial shadow region or a partial highlight region by measuring a sharpness of an edge of the difference image and expanding a background region; and
an umbra region extraction unit to extract a complete shadow region or a complete highlight region based on the result of the extraction by the penumbra region extraction unit.
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Abstract
A method and system for detecting a shadow region and a highlight region from a foreground region in a surveillance system, and a recording medium thereof, are provided. The system includes an image capturing unit to capture a new image, a background model unit to receive the new image and update a stored background model with the new image, a difference image obtaining unit to compare the new image with the background model and to obtain a difference image between the new image and the background model, a penumbra region extraction unit to extract a partial shadow region or a partial highlight region by measuring a sharpness of an edge of the difference image and expanding a background region, and an umbra region extraction unit to extract a complete shadow region or a complete highlight region based on the result of the extraction by the penumbra region extraction unit.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for detecting a shadow region and a highlight region, the system comprising:
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an image capturing unit to capture a new image; a background model unit to receive the new image and update a stored background model with the new image; a difference image obtaining unit to compare the new image with the background model and to obtain a difference image between the new image and the background model; a penumbra region extraction unit to extract a partial shadow region or a partial highlight region by measuring a sharpness of an edge of the difference image and expanding a background region; and an umbra region extraction unit to extract a complete shadow region or a complete highlight region based on the result of the extraction by the penumbra region extraction unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of detecting a shadow region and a highlight region, the method comprising:
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capturing a new image; comparing the new image with a background model and updating the background model with the new image; obtaining a difference image between the new image and the background image; extracting a partial shadow region or a partial highlight region by measuring a sharpness of a edge of the difference image and expanding a background region; and extracting a complete shadow region or a complete highlight region based on the result of the extraction of the partial shadow region or the partial highlight region. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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