Static image segmentation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsNoel C. Codella, Gang Hua, John R. Smith
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for static image segmentation are provided herein. A method includes segmenting a static image containing a target object into multiple regions based on one or more visual features of the static image; analyzing video content containing the target object to determine a similarity metric across the multiple segmented regions based on motion information associated with each of the multiple segmented regions; and applying the similarity metric to the static image to identify two or more of the multiple segmented regions as being portions of the target object.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- segmenting a static image containing a target object into multiple regions based on one or more visual features of the static image;
- analyzing video content containing the target object to determine a similarity metric across the multiple segmented regions based on motion information associated with each of the multiple segmented regions;
- and
- applying the similarity metric to the static image to identify two or more of the multiple segmented regions as being portions of the target object;
- wherein at least one of said segmenting, said analyzing, and said applying is carried out by a computing device.
A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:
- segment a static image containing a target object into multiple regions based on one or more visual features of the static image;
- analyze video content containing the target object to determine a similarity metric across the multiple segmented regions based on motion information associated with each of the multiple segmented regions;
- and
- apply the similarity metric to the static image to identify two or more of the multiple segmented regions as being portions of the target object.
A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured for:
- segmenting a static image containing a target object into multiple regions based on one or more visual features of the static image;
- analyzing video content containing the target object to determine a similarity metric across the multiple segmented regions based on motion information associated with each of the multiple segmented regions;
- and
- applying the similarity metric to the static image to identify two or more of the multiple segmented regions as being portions of the target object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.