System and method for hierarchical image processing
First Claim
1. A method for improving the recognition accuracy of a plurality of objects possibly contained in an image by performing hierarchical image processing to determine a plurality of image annotations of said image, wherein said method comprising:
- obtaining of a plurality of classifiers, wherein each of said plurality of classifiers is associated with an object of said plurality of objects;
obtaining of a plurality of feature vectors, wherein each of said plurality of feature vectors is associated with a class of said plurality of classifiers;
obtaining of a plurality of labels, wherein each of said plurality of labels is associated with a classifier of said plurality of classifiers;
obtaining of a plurality of plurality of semantic relationships, wherein each of said plurality of plurality of semantic relationships is associated with a label of said plurality of labels;
computing of a plurality of factors associated with a plurality of hierarchies, wherein each of said plurality of hierarchies is based on said plurality of plurality of semantic relationships;
computing of a hierarchy measure for said plurality of hierarchies;
determining of a plurality of formed hierarchies based on said plurality of classifiers, said plurality of labels, and said plurality of plurality of semantic relationships;
analyzing of said image based on said plurality of formed hierarchies resulting in a plurality of plurality of hierarchical annotations; and
performing of consistency analysis based on said plurality of plurality of hierarchical annotations resulting in said plurality of image annotations.
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Abstract
Video processing in general and image processing in particular is a very complex process. This is more so when the analysis is required to extract information from the images for providing of the same directly or indirectly to the users. This additional complexity is due to the direct competition with users who are used to analyzing of the images both syntactically and semantically. One of the ways to contain the complexity of image analysis is to exploit the domain semantics during image processing. A system and method to help in semantics based image processing involves the identification of one or more domain relevant semantic hierarchies and using of the same during image processing.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for improving the recognition accuracy of a plurality of objects possibly contained in an image by performing hierarchical image processing to determine a plurality of image annotations of said image, wherein said method comprising:
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obtaining of a plurality of classifiers, wherein each of said plurality of classifiers is associated with an object of said plurality of objects; obtaining of a plurality of feature vectors, wherein each of said plurality of feature vectors is associated with a class of said plurality of classifiers; obtaining of a plurality of labels, wherein each of said plurality of labels is associated with a classifier of said plurality of classifiers; obtaining of a plurality of plurality of semantic relationships, wherein each of said plurality of plurality of semantic relationships is associated with a label of said plurality of labels; computing of a plurality of factors associated with a plurality of hierarchies, wherein each of said plurality of hierarchies is based on said plurality of plurality of semantic relationships; computing of a hierarchy measure for said plurality of hierarchies; determining of a plurality of formed hierarchies based on said plurality of classifiers, said plurality of labels, and said plurality of plurality of semantic relationships; analyzing of said image based on said plurality of formed hierarchies resulting in a plurality of plurality of hierarchical annotations; and performing of consistency analysis based on said plurality of plurality of hierarchical annotations resulting in said plurality of image annotations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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