Interactive Segmentation of Images With Single Scribbles
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1. A computer-implemented method for assigning attributes to an image, the method comprising:
- allowing a user to mark a plurality of pixels of an image as a single marked area by a single scribble, the single marked area defines, for a current iteration, a target attribute;
determining according to the target attribute an optimal function that defines at least one respective attribute of pixels in the image;
assigning the at least one respective attributes to pixels in the image according to the optimal function; and
displaying the at least one attributes of said pixels.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented assigns attributes to an image by processing pixels of the image containing a single marked area spanning more than a single pixel that defines for a current iteration a target attribute so as to determine an optimal function that defines a respective attribute of pixels in the image. Respective attributes are assigned to pixels in the image according to the optimal function; and the attributes of the pixels are displayed.
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1. A computer-implemented method for assigning attributes to an image, the method comprising:
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allowing a user to mark a plurality of pixels of an image as a single marked area by a single scribble, the single marked area defines, for a current iteration, a target attribute; determining according to the target attribute an optimal function that defines at least one respective attribute of pixels in the image; assigning the at least one respective attributes to pixels in the image according to the optimal function; and displaying the at least one attributes of said pixels. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 28, 29)
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10. A method for assigning properties to an image or a video sequence in a video space-time volume, the method comprising:
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allowing a user to use a computer selection tool during successive iterations for marking a respective single area in the image or in the video space-time volume spanning more than a single pixel, so as to assign at least one property to the pixels in said area; computing at each iteration respective properties of pixels in the image or video, given the properties of the pixels in the marked area and given the computed result at a previous iteration; and displaying the image so as to highlight at least one of the computed properties. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 14, 16)
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21. A system (30) for assigning properties to an image or a video sequence, the system comprising:
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a marking tool (33) to allow a user to mark by a single scribble during successive iterations a respective single area in the image or in a video space-time volume spanning more than a single pixel, so as to assign properties to the pixels in said area; a computational unit (31) responsive to the properties of the marked area and to an additional input constraint for computing at each iteration respective properties of pixels in the image or video, and a display unit (36) coupled to the computational unit for displaying the image or video. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32)
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30. A computer-implemented method for assigning attributes to an image, the method comprising:
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presenting an image to a user; allowing a user to mark a plurality of pixels of an object depicted in said image by a single scribble; segmenting said image to create an area containing said object; and displaying the area.
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