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US 9,002,056 B2Granted
Image processing method and apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMoon-sik Jeong, Maksym Shevchenko, Sergiy Kravchenko, Seung-hwan Hong
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Abstract
An image processing method includes segmenting a series of obtained images, calculating a central point of each segment, and obtaining a target object based on movement variance of the central points of segments in the series of images.
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An image processing method, comprising:
- segmenting each image in a series of obtained images into segments;
- calculating a central point of each segment, wherein the central point of each segment corresponds to a center of a figure of the segment;
- calculating a distance between at least two central points of two neighboring segments;
- and
- setting at least one segment selected from among segments appearing in a plurality of the images as a target object based on movement variances determined for the central points of the segments throughout the series of images.
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An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- a segmentation unit for segmenting each image in a series of obtained images into segments;
- a calculation unit for calculating a central point of each segment, wherein the central point of each segment corresponds to a center of a figure of the segment;
- calculating a distance between at least two central points of two neighboring segments;
- and
- a control unit for setting at least one segment selected from among segments appearing in a plurality of the images as a target object based on movement variances determined for the central points of the segments throughout the series of images.
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A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing an image processing method, comprising:
- segmenting each image in a series of obtained images into segments;
- calculating a central point of each segment, wherein the central point of each segment corresponds to a center of a figure of the segment;
- calculating a distance between at least two central points of two neighboring segments;
- and
- setting at least one segment selected from among segments appearing in a plurality of the images as a target object based on movement variances determined for the central points of the segments throughout the series of images.
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