GB2367966B - Method and apparatus for determining regions of interest in images and for image transmission - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for determining regions of interest in images and for image transmission

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GB2367966B
GB2367966B GB0024669A GB0024669A GB2367966B GB 2367966 B GB2367966 B GB 2367966B GB 0024669 A GB0024669 A GB 0024669A GB 0024669 A GB0024669 A GB 0024669A GB 2367966 B GB2367966 B GB 2367966B
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Timor Kadir
Paola Marcella Hobson
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Motorola Solutions Inc
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Priority to DE60114469T priority patent/DE60114469T2/de
Priority to KR10-2003-7005016A priority patent/KR20040010540A/ko
Priority to ES01982419T priority patent/ES2252309T3/es
Priority to EA200300451A priority patent/EA004910B1/ru
Priority to US10/398,528 priority patent/US7162081B2/en
Priority to AT01982419T priority patent/ATE308085T1/de
Priority to AU2002214009A priority patent/AU2002214009A1/en
Priority to PCT/EP2001/011715 priority patent/WO2002031766A2/en
Priority to EP01982419A priority patent/EP1374168B1/en
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    • G06V10/20—Image preprocessing
    • G06V10/25—Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI]
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    • G06V10/40—Extraction of image or video features
    • G06V10/46—Descriptors for shape, contour or point-related descriptors, e.g. scale invariant feature transform [SIFT] or bags of words [BoW]; Salient regional features
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    • G06V10/50—Extraction of image or video features by performing operations within image blocks; by using histograms, e.g. histogram of oriented gradients [HoG]; by summing image-intensity values; Projection analysis
    • G06V10/507—Summing image-intensity values; Histogram projection analysis
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GB0024669A GB2367966B (en) 2000-10-09 2000-10-09 Method and apparatus for determining regions of interest in images and for image transmission
US10/398,528 US7162081B2 (en) 2000-10-09 2001-10-09 Method and apparatus for determining regions of interest in images and for image transmission
AU2002214009A AU2002214009A1 (en) 2000-10-09 2001-10-09 Method and apparatus for determining regions of interest in images and for image transmission
KR10-2003-7005016A KR20040010540A (ko) 2000-10-09 2001-10-09 영상들내의 관심있는 영역들을 결정하고 영상 전송을 하기위한 방법 및 장치
ES01982419T ES2252309T3 (es) 2000-10-09 2001-10-09 Metodo y aparato para determinar regiones de interes en imagenes y para una transmision de imagenes.
EA200300451A EA004910B1 (ru) 2000-10-09 2001-10-09 Способ и устройство для определения областей, представляющих интерес, в изображениях и для передачи изображения
JP2002535076A JP3964327B2 (ja) 2000-10-09 2001-10-09 画像内の関心領域を決定するための方法及び装置及び画像伝送方法及び装置
AT01982419T ATE308085T1 (de) 2000-10-09 2001-10-09 Methode und gerät zur bestimmung von interessanten bereichen in bildern und zur bildübermitllung
DE60114469T DE60114469T2 (de) 2000-10-09 2001-10-09 Methode und Gerät zur Bestimmung von interessanten Bildern und zur Bildübermittlung
PCT/EP2001/011715 WO2002031766A2 (en) 2000-10-09 2001-10-09 Method and apparatus for determining regions of interest in images and for image transmission
EP01982419A EP1374168B1 (en) 2000-10-09 2001-10-09 Method and apparatus for determining regions of interest in images and for image transmission

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EA004910B1 (ru) 2004-08-26
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