Multiple size reductions for image segmentation

• Main Author: KRTOLICA, RADOVAN V
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.12.2000
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SEALS

A sample image (144) is segmented by an image segmentation system (120) including a size reduction unit (134), which reduces the size of the image (144), and, at the same time, fills small gaps between foreground pixels. Thereafter, a connected component analyzer (136) identifies connected component...