Method and apparatus for representing and searching for an object using shape
First Claim
1. A method of representing a sequence of images constituting a video segment, by processing signals corresponding to the image, the method comprising:
- identifying an object appearing in one image in the sequence in a first perspective view and identifying the same object appearing in another image in the sequence in a second perspective view;
deriving a view descriptor of the outline of the object in the first perspective view and at least one additional view descriptor of the outline of the object in another perspective view,associating the two or more view descriptors to form a descriptor which is a single indexable entity for said sequence of images, andwherein one of the at least one additional view descriptors corresponds to the outline of the object in the second perspective view also appearing in the image sequence,wherein the view descriptors are derived using a curvature scale space representation.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for representing a sequence of images constituting a moving image by processing signals corresponding to the image. An object appearing in one image is identified in the sequence in a first perspective view, and the same object appearing in another image is identified in the sequence in a second perspective view. A view descriptor of the outline of the object in the first perspective view is derived and at least one additional view descriptor of the outline of the object in another perspective view is also derived. The two or more view descriptors are associated to form a descriptor which is a single indexable entity for the sequence of images.
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7 Claims
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1. A method of representing a sequence of images constituting a video segment, by processing signals corresponding to the image, the method comprising:
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identifying an object appearing in one image in the sequence in a first perspective view and identifying the same object appearing in another image in the sequence in a second perspective view; deriving a view descriptor of the outline of the object in the first perspective view and at least one additional view descriptor of the outline of the object in another perspective view, associating the two or more view descriptors to form a descriptor which is a single indexable entity for said sequence of images, and wherein one of the at least one additional view descriptors corresponds to the outline of the object in the second perspective view also appearing in the image sequence, wherein the view descriptors are derived using a curvature scale space representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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3. A method of representing an object appearing in an image to index the respective image or sequence of images of which it is a part for searching purposes, the method comprising deriving a plurality of view descriptors corresponding to a plurality of two-dimensional outlines of the object in different views, by processing signals corresponding to the outlines, and associating the view descriptors to form an object descriptor which is a single indexable entity for said respective image or image sequence, wherein the view descriptors are derived using a curvature scale space representation.
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