摘要:
The invention concerns a device and a method for creating a saliency map of an image. It comprises the steps of: Projection (E1) of said image according to the luminance (A) component and if said image is a color image, according to the luminance (A) component and according to the chrominance components (Cr1, Cr2); Perceptual sub-bands decomposition (E3, T2, T'2, T’’2) of said components (A, Cr1, Cr2) according to the visibility threshold of a human eye; Extraction (E7) of the salient elements of the sub-bands related to the luminance (A) component; Contour enhancement (E8, T7) of said salient elements in each sub-band related to the luminance (A) component; Calculation (T7) of a saliency map from the contour enhancement, for each sub-band related to the luminance (A) component. Creation (T8) of the saliency map as a function of the saliency maps obtained for each sub-band.
摘要:
A method for determining the location, shape and orientation of a tumor in a medical image includes finding a plurality of spatial extrema µ of a D-dimensional spatial signal ƒ for a set of bandwidths H by performing (11) mean shift-based gradient-ascent iterations for a set of bandwidths H and then determining (12) a D-dimensional spread and orientation of the signal about each extrema µ by estimating a covariance Σ of the signal ƒ for each extrema µ . The optimal estimate of µ and Σ is determined by performing (13) a Jensen-Shannon divergence on the full set µ of and Σ .
摘要:
In one aspect of the invention a camera system is provided having an image capture system adapted to capture an image of a scene during an image capture sequence and an eye monitoring system adapted to determine eye information including a direction of the gaze of an eye of a user of the camera system. A controller is adapted to store the determined eye information including information characterizing eye gaze direction during the image capture sequence and to associate the stored eye information with the scene image.
摘要:
This invention identifies the most significant features in visual scenes, without prior training, by measuring the difficulty in finding similarities between neighbourhoods in the scene. Pixels in an area that is similar to much of the rest of the scene score low measures of visual attention. On the other hand a region that possesses many dissimilarities with other parts of the image will attract a high measure of visual attention. The invention makes use of a trial and error process to find dissimilarities between parts of the image and does not require prior knowledge of the nature of the anomalies that may be present. The method avoids the use of processing dependencies between pixels and is capable of a straightforward parallel implementation for each pixel. The invention is of wide application in searching for anomalous patterns in health screening, quality control processes and in analysis of visual ergonomics for assessing the visibility of signs and advertisements. The invention provides a measure of significant features to an image processor in order to provide variable rate image compression.
摘要:
A system (10) and a method for preventing counterfeiting activities utilize an image detection scheme that uses only a few portions of restricted-document images, i.e., templates, to determine whether an input image is a duplicate of a restricted-document image. The image detection scheme can reliably operate at very low resolutions, which allows the use of small kernels for image correlation and reduces the number of pixels that have to be actually processed. The system is designed to be incorporated into a host device, such as a copy machine (12), a scanner (14), a personal computer (16) or a printer (18), to detect a potential counterfeiting activity, so that an appropriate action can be taken to prevent and/or to report the detected activity. The image detection scheme allows the system to operate at an increased detection speed, while minimizing the memory requirement. During an off-line training procedure, a training module (32) of the system derives a parameter file that contains detection descriptors for the restricted-document images, including threshold intervals that are defined using selected kernels and templates of the restricted-document images. The type of kernels and templates selected by the training module can vary, depending on the desired memory requirement and the desired on-line performance. During an on-line detection procedure, a detection module (24) of the system projects portions of the input image and compares the resulting projection value with the threshold intervals to derive template match candidates. The relative coordinates of the template match candidates in the input image are then compared with relative coordinates of the templates in the restricted-document images to determine if the input image matches a particular restricted-document image.
摘要:
A system and method for obtaining salient contours from two-dimensional images acquired by a sensor (15) is disclosed which process the two-dimensional images with an edge detector (20) to produce edgels from each of the images, link the edgels into lists (25) known as contours, compute a saliency value (30) for each of the contours, rank the contours (60) in decreasing order of saliency, and select certain ones of the ranked contours based on the requirements of a particular vision application (65). Other devices, systems and methods are also disclosed.
摘要:
A method may include extracting feature-data from an image which includes location data that indicates multiple locations within the image and multiple feature vectors that each correspond to one of the multiple locations. Each feature vector may represent a feature of an object in the image. The method may include determining a feature-data plot based on relative positions of the multiple locations and selecting a grid for the feature-data plot. The method may include generating a first representative feature vector for a first cell of the grid based on a first feature vector set and generating a second representative feature vector for a second cell of the grid based on a second feature vector set. The method may include generating a single feature vector that represents the object in the image based on the first representative feature vector and the second representative feature vector and encrypting the single feature vector.
摘要:
A self-contained, low-cost, low-weight guidance system for vehicles is provided. The guidance system can include an optical camera, a case, a processor, a connection between the processor and an on-board control system, and computer algorithms running on the processor. The guidance system can be integrated with a vehicle control system through “plug and play” functionality or a more open Software Development Kit. The computer algorithms re-create 3D structures as the vehicle travels and continuously updates a 3D model of the environment. The guidance system continuously identifies and tracks terrain, static objects, and dynamic objects through real-time camera images. The guidance system can receive inputs from the camera and the onboard control system. The guidance system can be used to assist vehicle navigation and to avoid possible collisions. The guidance system can communicate with the control system and provide navigational direction to the control system.
摘要:
The disclosure features dendritic tags, and methods and systems for fabricating and using such tags. The methods can include obtaining at least one image of a dendritic tag attached to an article, analyzing the at least one image to identify a set of features associated with the dendritic tag, and comparing the set of features to stored information to identify the article.