Method To Identify An Object And A System For Doing The Same
First Claim
1. A method to identify an object comprising:
- receiving an image, the image having an object in front of a background;
segmenting the image into a segmented image using a segmentation technique, the segmented image having a foreground component showing at least a part of the object and a background component showing at least a part of the background;
determining at least one property of the foreground component of the segmented image; and
matching the at least one property of the foreground component with a database of identified objects having the corresponding at least one property to identify the object.
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Abstract
Various embodiments relate to a method to identify an object comprising: receiving an image, the image having an object in front of a background; segmenting the image into a segmented image using a segmentation technique, the segmented image having a foreground component showing at least a part of the object and a background component showing at least a part of the background; determining at least one property of the foreground component of the segmented image; and matching the at least one property of the foreground component with a database of identified objects having the corresponding at least one property to identify the object.
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21 Claims
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1. A method to identify an object comprising:
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receiving an image, the image having an object in front of a background; segmenting the image into a segmented image using a segmentation technique, the segmented image having a foreground component showing at least a part of the object and a background component showing at least a part of the background;
determining at least one property of the foreground component of the segmented image; andmatching the at least one property of the foreground component with a database of identified objects having the corresponding at least one property to identify the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for identifying an object comprising:
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an image receiver to receive an image, the image having the object in front of a background; a segmentor to segment the image into a segmented image using a segmentation technique, the segmented image having a foreground component showing at least a part of the object and a background component showing at least a part of the background; a determinor to determine at least one property of the foreground component of the segmented image; and a matcher to match the at least one property of the foreground component with a database of identified objects having the corresponding at least one property to identify the object
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