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Method and system for detecting and classifying objects in images, such as insects and other arthropods

  • US 7,496,228 B2
  • Filed: 05/03/2004
  • Issued: 02/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • an input device coupled to receive a digital image; and

    a detector, coupled to the input device, that detects an object in the image;

    a histogram generator coupled to receive object image information from the detector, that generates a first object-image histogram based at least in part on image information of the detected object, wherein the first object-image histogram has a plurality of bins, each one of the plurality of bins located on;

    a row corresponding to a value of a first color-space dimension, anda column corresponding to a value of a second color-space dimension; and

    a classifier that classifies the object based on the first image-object histogram and provides a categorization identifier based on the classification.

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