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US 2023/0410352 A1Published application
Method for object detection using cropped images
AssigneeAxis AB
InventorsLudvig HASSBRING, Song YUAN
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Abstract
A method and control unit for object detection in a video stream captured with an image acquisition device, especially for the purpose of anonymizing objects in the video stream.
Claims15
A method for object detection in an image, comprising:
- obtaining first resolution image acquired by an image acquisition device;
- scaling the first resolution image to a second resolution image with lower resolution than the resolution of the first resolution image;
- analyzing the second resolution image to determine a first probability that a detected object of a predetermined type is present in an area of the first resolution image, where a predetermined type is an object that should be masked;
- if the first probability is below a first threshold and above or equal to a second threshold, cropping the area including the detected object in the first resolution image, where probabilities exceeding or equal to the first threshold indicate that a detected object is of the predetermined type and probabilities below the second threshold indicate that a detected object is not of the predetermined type;
- analyzing the cropped image to determine a second probability that the detected object is of the predetermined type;
- and
- if the second probability exceeds or is equal to the first threshold, providing an indication that the detected object is of the predetermined type that should be masked.
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A control unit for object detection in an image, the control unit is configured to:
- obtain first resolution image acquired by an image acquisition device;
- scale the first resolution image to a second resolution image with lower resolution than the resolution of the first resolution image;
- analyze the second resolution image to determine a first probability that a detected object of a predetermined type is present in an area of the first resolution image, where a predetermined type is an object that should be masked;
- if the first probability is below a first threshold and above or equal to a second threshold, crop the area including the detected object in the first resolution image, where probabilities exceeding or equal to the first threshold indicate that a detected object is of the predetermined type and probabilities below the second threshold indicate that a detected object is not of the predetermined type;
- analyze the cropped image to determine a second probability that the detected object is of the predetermined type;
- and
- if the second probability exceeds or is equal to the first threshold, provide an indication that the detected object is of the predetermined type that should be masked.
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A system comprising:
- an image acquisition device for capturing images of a scene including objects;
- and a control unit for object detection in said images, the control unit is configured to:
- obtain first resolution image acquired by an image acquisition device;
- scale the first resolution image to a second resolution image with lower resolution than the resolution of the first resolution image;
- analyze the second resolution image to determine a first probability that a detected object of a predetermined type is present in an area of the first resolution image, where a predetermined type is an object that should be masked;
- if the first probability is below a first threshold and above or equal to a second threshold, crop the area including the detected object in the first resolution image, where probabilities exceeding or equal to the first threshold indicate that a detected object is of the predetermined type and probabilities below the second threshold indicate that a detected object is not of the predetermined type;
- analyze the cropped image to determine a second probability that the detected object is of the predetermined type;
- and
- if the second probability exceeds or is equal to the first threshold, provide an indication that the detected object is of the predetermined type that should be masked.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for object detection in an image, the computer program comprising computer code which, when run on processing circuitry of a controller causes the control unit to:
- obtain first resolution image acquired by an image acquisition device;
- scale the first resolution image to a second resolution image with lower resolution than the resolution of the first resolution image;
- analyze the second resolution image to determine a first probability that a detected object of a predetermined type is present in an area of the first resolution image, where a predetermined type is an object that should be masked;
- if the first probability is below a first threshold and above or equal to a second threshold, crop the area including the detected object in the first resolution image, where probabilities exceeding or equal to the first threshold indicate that a detected object is of the predetermined type and probabilities below the second threshold indicate that a detected object is not of the predetermined type;
- analyze the cropped image to determine a second probability that the detected object is of the predetermined type;
- and
- if the second probability exceeds or is equal to the first threshold, provide an indication that the detected object is of the predetermined type that should be masked.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.