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Activity detector

  • US 7,263,227 B2
  • Filed: 04/25/2002
  • Issued: 08/28/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An activity detection system, comprising:

  • a connected component analyzer that determines a quantity of connected components in or intersecting a region surrounding a pixel by maintaining an identity of substantially all the quantity of connected components and a relative quantity of each connected component ion the region surrounding the pixel;

    an activity detector that provides an activity map output based, at least in part, upon the quantity of connected components in or intersecting the region;

    wherein said activity detector identifies bounding boxes of the connected components, said bounding boxes are enlarged and creates a derivate image of the enlarged bounding boxes; and

    an image processor that assigns the pixel to one of a background or a foreground based at least in part upon the quantity of connected components in or intersecting the region surrounding the pixel;

    wherein the image processor assigns to the foreground based at least in part upon a determination that the quantity of connected components exceeds a first threshold, and assigns the pixel to the background based at least in part upon a determination that the quantity of connected components is less than a second threshold.

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