Method for segmenting and estimating a moving object motion using a
hierarchy of motion models
    1.
    发明授权
    Method for segmenting and estimating a moving object motion using a hierarchy of motion models 失效
    使用运动模型层次分割和估计移动物体运动的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5734737A

    公开(公告)日:1998-03-31

    申请号:US502228

    申请日:1995-07-13

    CPC分类号: G06T7/2053 H04N19/53

    摘要: A method, for use in an object-oriented analysis-synthesis coder, for segmenting an image signal into moving objects contained in a current frame and describing each motion of the moving objects with a set of motion parameters using a multi-stage segmentation comprises the steps of: (a) comparing the current frame with its preceding frame to detect a moving area in the current frame; (b) further comparing the current frame with the preceding frame to detect a motion vector for each pixel in the moving area, i.e., a motion vector field; (c) first segmenting the motion vector field by using a two dimensional translational patch model; (d) secondly segmenting the first stage segmenting results by using a planar patch model; and (e) thirdly segmenting the second-stage segmenting results by using a parabolic patch model.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于面向对象的分析合成编码器中的方法,用于将图像信号分割成包含在当前帧中的移动对象,并且使用多级分段来描述运动对象的一组运动参数的每个运动,包括: 步骤:(a)将当前帧与其前一帧进行比较,以检测当前帧中的移动区域; (b)进一步比较当前帧与前一帧以检测运动区域中的每个像素即运动矢量场的运动矢量; (c)通过使用二维平移补片模型首先分割运动矢量场; (d)使用平面贴片模型二次分割第一阶段分割结果; 和(e)通过使用抛物线贴片模型第三次分割第二阶段分割结果。

    Apparatus and method for balancing color of flashed image using depth estimation
    2.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for balancing color of flashed image using depth estimation 有权
    使用深度估计来平滑闪光图像的颜色的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08379142B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-19

    申请号:US12648747

    申请日:2009-12-29

    IPC分类号: H04N5/222 H04N9/73

    CPC分类号: H04N5/2256 H04N9/735

    摘要: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for balancing the color of a flashed image using depth estimation. The apparatus includes a depth value measurement unit, a region identification unit, a color impression estimation unit, and a color balancing unit. The depth value measurement unit measures the depth values of the respective regions of an image to be captured using a camera preview image. The region identification unit identifies the regions of the preview image as a region influenced by camera flash or a region not influenced by camera flash using the depth values measured by the depth value measurement unit. The color impression estimation unit estimates the color impression of actual illumination in the region not influenced by camera flash. The color balancing unit corrects the color of the region influenced by camera flash.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种使用深度估计来平衡闪光图像的颜色的装置和方法。 该装置包括深度值测量单元,区域识别单元,颜色印象估计单元和颜色平衡单元。 深度值测量单元使用相机预览图像测量要拍摄的图像的各个区域的深度值。 区域识别单元使用由深度值测量单元测量的深度值,将预览图像的区域识别为受相机闪光或不受相机闪光影响的区域的区域。 颜色印象估计单元估计不受相机闪光影响的区域中的实际照明的颜色印象。 色彩平衡单元校正受相机闪光影响的区域的颜色。

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMAGES IN CONSIDERATION OF REGION CHARACTERISTICS
    3.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMAGES IN CONSIDERATION OF REGION CHARACTERISTICS 失效
    考虑区域特征的图像增强装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100085361A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-08

    申请号:US12274495

    申请日:2008-11-20

    IPC分类号: G06T1/00

    摘要: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for enhancing images in consideration of region characteristics. An inverse gamma correction unit releases gamma correction and linearizes each of Red (R), Green (G), and Blue (B) colors. A threshold calculation unit calculates m-1 thresholds in order to divide the brightness of pixels into m regions, and labels each of the pixels as one of the m brightness regions. A block segmentation unit divides an input image into M×N blocks. A block statistics calculation unit determines one of the m brightness regions to which each of the blocks pertains, and labels the block as the corresponding brightness region. A block-based Look-Up Table (LUT) generation unit generates enhancement LUTs for the respective blocks. An image enhancement unit corrects the image using the LUTs for the respective blocks. A gamma correction unit performs gamma correction.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种考虑到区域特征来增强图像的装置。 反伽马校正单元释放伽马校正并将红(R),绿(G)和蓝(B)颜色中的每一个线性化。 阈值计算单元计算m-1个阈值,以将像素的亮度划分为m个区域,并且将每个像素标记为m个亮度区域之一。 块分割单元将输入图像划分成M×N个块。 块统计量计算单元确定每个块所属的m个亮度区域中的一个,并将块标记为相应的亮度区域。 基于块的查找表(LUT)生成单元为各个块生成增强LUT。 图像增强单元使用用于各个块的LUT校正图像。 伽马校正单元进行伽马校正。

    Method and apparatus for encoding an image signal having an object by
using an extension-interpolation technique
    4.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for encoding an image signal having an object by using an extension-interpolation technique 失效
    通过使用扩展插值技术对具有对象的图像信号进行编码的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5633685A

    公开(公告)日:1997-05-27

    申请号:US629173

    申请日:1996-04-08

    CPC分类号: H04N19/649 H04N19/20

    摘要: A processing block is processed by using an extension-interpolation ("E-I") method, wherein the processing block consisting of N.times.N pixels which are classified into object pixels and background pixels and the E-I method comprises the steps of: (A) selecting L rows of the processing block, each having at least one object pixels; (B) for each selected row, determining M representing a number of object pixels included in said each selected row and providing a first vector representing the M object pixels; (C) for each first vector, selecting an extension matrix among a multiplicity of predetermined extension matrices based on the M and N values and multiplying the selected extension matrix to the first vector to provide an extended first vector; (D) providing a first extended processing block which includes L rows, each row representing each of the extended first vectors; (E) for each column of the first extended processing block, providing a corresponding L-dimensional second vector; (F) selecting an extension matrix among a multiplicity of the predetermined extension matrices based on the L and N values; and (G) multiplying the extension matrix selected at step (F) to each of the second vectors, to provide N extended second vectors.

    摘要翻译: 通过使用扩展插值(“EI”)方法处理处理块,其中由分类为对象像素和背景像素的N×N个像素组成的处理块和EI方法包括以下步骤:(A)选择L行 处理块,每个具有至少一个对象像素; (B),确定M表示包括在所述每个所选行中的对象像素的数量,并提供表示所述M个对象像素的第一矢量; (C)对于每个第一向量,基于M和N值在多个预定扩展矩阵中选择扩展矩阵,并将所选择的扩展矩阵与第一向量相乘以提供扩展的第一向量; (D)提供包括L行的第一扩展处理块,每行表示每个扩展的第一向量; (E),提供相应的L维第二向量; (F)基于L和N值在多个预定扩展矩阵中选择扩展矩阵; 和(G)将在步骤(F)选择的扩展矩阵与每个第二向量相乘,以提供N个扩展的第二向量。

    Method for segmenting and estimating a moving object motion
    5.
    发明授权
    Method for segmenting and estimating a moving object motion 失效
    分割和估计移动物体运动的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5748761A

    公开(公告)日:1998-05-05

    申请号:US502229

    申请日:1995-07-13

    CPC分类号: H04N19/543 H04N19/20

    摘要: A method for use in an object-oriented analysis-synthesis coder, for segmenting an image of a current frame into moving objects and describing each motion of the moving objects with a set of motion parameters, which comprises the steps of: (a) comparing the current frame with a preceding frame to detect a motion vector field; (b) sliding window blocks on the motion vector field, and computing the degree of homogeneity for each of the window blocks to produce a seed block; (c) determining a set of initial values for the set of motion parameters based on the seed block; (d) evaluating whether each motion vector contained in and around the seed block is describable with the set of initial values or not, to thereby detect a revised region; (e) determining a set of revised values for the set of motion parameters from the revised region; (f) evaluating whether each motion vector contained in and around the revised region is describable with the set of revised values or not, to thereby detect a newly revised region; and (g) repeating the steps (e) and (f) until the difference between a current revised region and a previous revised region is less than a predetermined value, to thereby determine a set of final values for the set of motion parameters.

    摘要翻译: 一种在面向对象分析合成编码器中使用的方法,用于将当前帧的图像分割成运动对象,并用一组运动参数描述运动对象的每个运动,其包括以下步骤:(a)比较 当前帧具有前一帧以检测运动矢量场; (b)在运动矢量场上滑动窗口块,并且计算每个窗口块的均匀度以产生种子块; (c)基于所述种子块确定所述一组运动参数的一组初始值; (d)评估包含在种子块内和周围的每个运动矢量是否可以用初始值的集合来描述,从而检测修正的区域; (e)从经修订的区域确定一组运动参数的修正值; (f)评估修改后区域内及其周围的每个运动矢量是否可以用一组修订值进行描述,从而检测新修订的区域; 和(g)重复步骤(e)和(f),直到当前修订区域和先前修订区域之间的差值小于预定值,从而确定该组运动参数的一组最终值。

    Method for the motion adaptive spatial filtering of video signals in an
image coding apparatus
    7.
    发明授权
    Method for the motion adaptive spatial filtering of video signals in an image coding apparatus 失效
    图像编码装置中视频信号的运动自适应空间滤波方法

    公开(公告)号:US5502489A

    公开(公告)日:1996-03-26

    申请号:US176794

    申请日:1994-01-03

    IPC分类号: H04N7/12 H04N7/26 H04N7/18

    CPC分类号: H04N19/80 H04N7/122

    摘要: The present invention is a motion adaptive spatial filtering(MASF) method for use with a image coding apparatus, which proceeds the temporal band-limitation of the video frame signals on spatial domain along the trajectory of a moving component without temporal aliasing by using a filter having a band-limitation characteristic according to a cutoff frequency. It is well known that video signal may contain a lot of temporal aliasing components because of insufficient frame sampling rate. And it is impossible to design band-limiting temporal filter simply by convolving a sequence of frames along the temporal direction. From a signal processing point of view, the aliasing degrades filter characteristics. This filtering method takes advantage of the fact that, if motion of each pixel is known, the temporal filtering can be performed in the spatial domain filtering along its trajectory. That results in de-aliasing characteristic.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是一种与图像编码装置一起使用的运动自适应空间滤波(MASF)方法,其通过使用滤波器沿着运动分量的轨迹在空间域上进行视频帧信号的时间带限,而没有时间混叠 具有根据截止频率的频带限制特性。 众所周知,由于帧采样率不足,视频信号可能包含大量的时间混叠分量。 简单地通过沿着时间方向卷积帧序列来设计带限制时间滤波是不可能的。 从信号处理的角度来看,混叠降低了滤波器特性。 这种滤波方法利用了如下事实:如果每个像素的运动是已知的,则可以沿着其轨迹在空间域滤波中执行时间滤波。 这导致去锯齿特性。

    Apparatus and method for enhancing images in consideration of region characteristics
    8.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for enhancing images in consideration of region characteristics 失效
    考虑到区域特征来增强图像的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08300051B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-30

    申请号:US12274495

    申请日:2008-11-20

    IPC分类号: G06T17/00 G09G5/02 G09G5/10

    摘要: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for enhancing images in consideration of region characteristics. An inverse gamma correction unit releases gamma correction and linearizes each of Red (R), Green (G), and Blue (B) colors. A threshold calculation unit calculates m-1 thresholds in order to divide the brightness of pixels into m regions, and labels each of the pixels as one of the m brightness regions. A block segmentation unit divides an input image into M×N blocks. A block statistics calculation unit determines one of the m brightness regions to which each of the blocks pertains, and labels the block as the corresponding brightness region. A block-based Look-Up Table (LUT) generation unit generates enhancement LUTs for the respective blocks. An image enhancement unit corrects the image using the LUTs for the respective blocks. A gamma correction unit performs gamma correction.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种考虑到区域特征来增强图像的装置。 反伽马校正单元释放伽马校正并将红(R),绿(G)和蓝(B)颜色中的每一个线性化。 阈值计算单元计算m-1个阈值,以将像素的亮度划分为m个区域,并且将每个像素标记为m个亮度区域之一。 块分割单元将输入图像划分成M×N个块。 块统计量计算单元确定每个块所属的m个亮度区域中的一个,并将块标记为相应的亮度区域。 基于块的查找表(LUT)生成单元为各个块生成增强LUT。 图像增强单元使用用于各个块的LUT校正图像。 伽马校正单元进行伽马校正。

    Method of performing robust auto white balance
    9.
    发明授权
    Method of performing robust auto white balance 有权
    执行强劲自动白平衡的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07949185B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-24

    申请号:US11936235

    申请日:2007-11-07

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00 H04N9/73

    CPC分类号: H04N9/73

    摘要: Disclosed herein is a method of performing robust white balance. The method includes a first process of dividing an input image into blocks, a second process of selecting blocks having higher color errors, and calculating average RGB values of the selected blocks, a third process of selecting a specific top percentage of bright blocks, and calculating the average RGB values of these selected blocks, a fourth process of calculating average RGB values through color clustering, a fifth process of converting the average RGB values into CIE xyY color space, a sixth process of calculating the Euclidean distances between the x and y values of standard light sources in a color space and the x and y values of the average RGB values in CIE xyY color space, and selecting an average RGB value having the shortest Euclidean distance (Ed), and a seventh process of calculating white balance gain values using the selected average RGB value, and correcting the input image using the balance gain values.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种执行稳健白平衡的方法。 该方法包括将输入图像划分成块的第一处理,选择具有较高色差的块的第二处理,以及计算所选块的平均RGB值,选择亮块的特定最高百分比的第三处理,以及计算 这些选择的块的平均RGB值,通过颜色聚类计算平均RGB值的第四处理,将平均RGB值转换为CIE xyY色彩空间的第五处理,计算x和y值之间的欧几里得距离的第六处理 的颜色空间中的标准光源和CIE xyY色彩空间中的平均RGB值的x和y值,以及选择具有最短欧几里德距离(Ed)的平均RGB值,以及计算白平衡增益值的第七处理 使用所选择的平均RGB值,并且使用平衡增益值来校正输入图像。

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BALANCING COLOR OF FLASHED IMAGE USING DEPTH ESTIMATION
    10.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BALANCING COLOR OF FLASHED IMAGE USING DEPTH ESTIMATION 有权
    使用深度估计来平衡闪烁图像的颜色的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110115941A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-19

    申请号:US12648747

    申请日:2009-12-29

    IPC分类号: H04N9/73 H04N5/222

    CPC分类号: H04N5/2256 H04N9/735

    摘要: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for balancing the color of a flashed image using depth estimation. The apparatus includes a depth value measurement unit, a region identification unit, a color impression estimation unit, and a color balancing unit. The depth value measurement unit measures the depth values of the respective regions of an image to be captured using a camera preview image. The region identification unit identifies the regions of the preview image as a region influenced by camera flash or a region not influenced by camera flash using the depth values measured by the depth value measurement unit. The color impression estimation unit estimates the color impression of actual illumination in the region not influenced by camera flash. The color balancing unit corrects the color of the region influenced by camera flash.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种使用深度估计来平衡闪光图像的颜色的装置和方法。 该装置包括深度值测量单元,区域识别单元,颜色印象估计单元和颜色平衡单元。 深度值测量单元使用相机预览图像测量要拍摄的图像的各个区域的深度值。 区域识别单元使用由深度值测量单元测量的深度值来将预览图像的区域识别为受相机闪光或不受相机闪光影响的区域的区域。 颜色印象估计单元估计不受相机闪光影响的区域中的实际照明的颜色印象。 色彩平衡单元校正受相机闪光影响的区域的颜色。