Method and apparatus for low depth of field image segmentation
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1. A method for partitioning image data, comprising:
- defining an image feature space based upon frequency information including, computing a higher order statistic (HOS), which does not include the variance, for each pixel value associated with the image feature space;
reducing a dynamic range of HOS values by down-scaling a HOS value associated with each pixel while still maintaining gray levels associated with each HOS value, and further reducing the dynamic range of the HOS values by limiting a maximum of the HOS value associated with each pixel while still maintaining gray levels associated with each HOS value;
filtering image data of the image feature space with morphological tools;
assigning a region of the filtered image feature space as an initial object of interest;
identifying a boundary of the initial object of interest of the filtered image feature space; and
determining a size of the initial object of interest relative to an image data size.
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Abstract
A method for extracting an object of interest from an image is provided. The method initiates with defining an image feature space based upon frequency information. Then, the image feature space is filtered to smooth both focused regions and defocused regions while maintaining respective boundaries associated with the focused regions and the defocused regions. The filtered image feature space is manipulated by region merging and adaptive thresholding to extract an object-of-interest. A computer readable media, an image capture device and an image searching system are also provided.
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1. A method for partitioning image data, comprising:
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defining an image feature space based upon frequency information including, computing a higher order statistic (HOS), which does not include the variance, for each pixel value associated with the image feature space; reducing a dynamic range of HOS values by down-scaling a HOS value associated with each pixel while still maintaining gray levels associated with each HOS value, and further reducing the dynamic range of the HOS values by limiting a maximum of the HOS value associated with each pixel while still maintaining gray levels associated with each HOS value; filtering image data of the image feature space with morphological tools; assigning a region of the filtered image feature space as an initial object of interest; identifying a boundary of the initial object of interest of the filtered image feature space; and determining a size of the initial object of interest relative to an image data size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of image segmentation, comprising:
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generating a higher order statistic (HOS) map from image data, wherein the HOS may does not include the variance; reducing the dynamic range of the HOS may by down-scaling a value associated with each pixel while still maintaining gray levels associated with each pixel, and further reducing the dynamic range of the HOS may by limiting a maximum of the value associated with each pixel while still maintaining gray levels associated with each pixel; modifying the HOS map; determining a boundary associated with a focused region of the modified HOS map; and determining a final segmentation of the focused region based upon a size of a value associated with the focused region relative to an image data size. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for extracting an object of interest from an image, comprising:
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defining an image feature space based upon frequency information; calculating a higher order statistic (HOS) value for each pixel value of the image, wherein the HOS value does not include the variance; defining a HOS map from the calculated HOS values; reducing the dynamic range of the HOS may by down-scaling a value associated with each pixel while still maintaining gray levels associated with each pixel, and further reducing the dynamic range of the HOS may by limiting a maximum of the value associated with each pixel while still maintaining gray levels associated with each pixel; and filtering the image feature space to smooth both focused regions and defocused regions while maintaining respective boundaries associated with the focused regions and the defocused regions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A computer readable medium having program instructions for image segmentation, comprising:
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program instructions for generating a higher order statistic (HOS) map from image data, wherein the HOS may does not include the variance; program instructions for modifying the HOS map; program instructions for reducing the dynamic range of the HOS may by down-scaling a value associated with each pixel while still maintaining gray levels associated with each pixel, and further reducing the dynamic range of the HOS map by limiting a maximum of the value associated with each pixel while still maintaining gray levels associated with each pixel; program instructions for determining a boundary associated with a focused region of the modified HOS map; and program instructions for determining a final segmentation of the focused region based upon a size of a value associated with the focused region relative to an image data size. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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