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US 2014/0153779 A1Published application
Object Segmentation at a Self-Checkout
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRogerio S. Feris, Charles A. Otto, Sharathchandra Pankanti, Duan D. Tran
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Abstract
Techniques for segmenting an object are provided. The techniques include capturing an image of an object, dividing the image into one or more blocks, computing a confidence value for each of the one or more blocks, and eliminating one or more blocks from consideration based on the confidence value for each of the one or more blocks.
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A method comprising:
- capturing an image of an object;
- dividing the image into one or more blocks;
- computing a confidence value for each of the one or more blocks;
- and
- eliminating one or more blocks from consideration based on the confidence value for each of the one or more blocks.
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A computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable recordable storage device including computer useable program code, the computer program product including:
- computer useable program code for capturing an image of an object;
- computer useable program code for dividing the image into one or more blocks;
- computer useable program code for computing a confidence value for each of the one or more blocks;
- and
- computer useable program code for eliminating one or more blocks from consideration based on the confidence value for each of the one or more blocks.
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A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory and operative to:
- capture an image of an object;
- divide the image into one or more blocks;
- compute a confidence value for each of the one or more blocks;
- and
- eliminate one or more blocks from consideration based on the confidence value for each of the one or more blocks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.