OBJECT COMPARISON, RETRIEVAL, AND CATEGORIZATION METHODS AND APPARATUSES
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1. An object processing method comprising:
- adapting a universal mixture model including a plurality of universal mixture model components to a first object to generate a first object mixture model including a plurality of first object mixture model components having one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of universal mixture model components;
performing component-by-component comparison of the plurality of first object mixture model components and a plurality of second object mixture model components obtained by adaptation of the universal mixture model to a second object and having one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of first object mixture model components; and
generating a similarity measure for the first and second objects based on the component-by-component comparison.
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Abstract
Object comparison is disclosed, including: adapting N universal mixture model components to a first object to generate N corresponding first object mixture model components, where N is an integer greater than or equal to two; and generating a similarity measure based on component-by-component comparison of the N first object mixture model components with corresponding N second object mixture model components obtained by adaptation of the N universal mixture model components to a second object.
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1. An object processing method comprising:
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adapting a universal mixture model including a plurality of universal mixture model components to a first object to generate a first object mixture model including a plurality of first object mixture model components having one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of universal mixture model components; performing component-by-component comparison of the plurality of first object mixture model components and a plurality of second object mixture model components obtained by adaptation of the universal mixture model to a second object and having one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of first object mixture model components; and generating a similarity measure for the first and second objects based on the component-by-component comparison. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A digital storage medium storing digital instructions executable to perform a method comprising:
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adapting N universal mixture model components to a first object to generate N corresponding first object mixture model components, where N is an integer greater than or equal to two; and generating a similarity measure based on component-by-component comparison of the N first object mixture model components with corresponding N second object mixture model components obtained by adaptation of the N universal mixture model components to a second object. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An object processing apparatus comprising:
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a model adaptation engine configured to adapt a plurality of universal mixture model components to a first object to generate a corresponding plurality of first object mixture model components; and a component-by-component similarity estimator configured to generate a similarity measure quantifying similarity of the first object and a second object based on component-by-component comparison of the plurality of first object mixture model components and a plurality of second object mixture model components obtained by adaptation of the universal mixture model components to the second object. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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