System and method of voice activated image segmentation
OwnerDavid Thomas Geringinventor
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Abstract
A method and system for incorporating voice commands into the interactive process of image segmentation. Interactive image segmentation involves a user pointing at an image; voice commands quicken this interaction by indicating the purpose and function of the pointing. Voice commands control the governing parameters of the segmentation algorithm. Voice commands guide the system to learn from the user's actions, and from the user's manual edits of the results from automatic segmentation.
Claims20
A computerized method for image segmentation, the computerized method comprising:
- accessing a set of at least one image to be segmented;
- initiating an interactive segmentation process on the acquired set of images;
- receiving voice commands and pointing inputs from the user;
- and
- incorporating the received voice commands and pointing inputs into the interactive segmentation process.
The computerized method of claim 2, wherein the acquired set of images further comprises:
- one or more MRI image, CT image, PET image, X-ray image, ultrasound image.
The computerized method claim of 1, wherein the voice commands control the interpretation of the pointing.
A system for voice-activated interactive image segmentation, the system comprising:
- a graphical user interface configured to display images;
- a pointing device;
- a voice recognition module;
- an interactive image segmentation process that responds to user input;
- wherein the voice recognition module converts voice commands into inputs for the interactive segmentation process;
- wherein the voice recognition module interprets voice commands to change the behavior of the pointing device as the pointing device provides inputs to the interactive segmentation process;
- wherein the segmentation process continues to perform interactive segmentation and to incorporate user input until the user indicates satisfaction.
A computerized method for image segmentation, the computerized method comprising:
- accessing a set of at least one image to be segmented;
- applying an automatic segmentation process on the acquired set of images;
- receiving user input;
- incorporating the received user input into an interactive segmentation process on the set of images;
- repeating the action of receiving and incorporating until the segmentation of the acquired set of images satisfies user requirements;
- and
- storing knowledge gained from the interactive segmentation process for further use by the automatic segmentation process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.