Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of providing image feature descriptors
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Application No.: US16259367Application Date: 2019-01-28
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Publication No.: US10402684B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Mohamed Selim Ben Himane , Daniel Kurz , Thomas Olszamowski
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Blank Rome LLP
- Main IPC: G06K9/62
- IPC: G06K9/62 ; G06K9/46

Abstract:
A method of providing a set of feature descriptors configured to be used in matching an object in an image of a camera is provided. The method includes: a) providing at least two images of a first object; b) extracting in at least two of the images at least one feature from the respective image, c) providing at least one descriptor for an extracted feature, and storing the descriptors; d) matching descriptors in the first set of descriptors; e) computing a score parameter based on the result of the matching process; f) selecting at least one descriptor based on its score parameter; g) adding the selected descriptor(s) to a second set of descriptors; and h) updating the score parameter of descriptors in the first set based on a selection process and to the result of the matching process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190156143A1 Method of Providing Image Feature Descriptors Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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