Method for resolving clusters of moving segments

Abstract

Abstract Method for resolving clusters of moving segments which represent a plurality of moving objects of a video sequence which partially cover one another. In a first step, clusters of moving segments are detected by positioning circumscribing rectangles around the moving segments of a video image. The size of these circumscribing rectangles is compared with a predefined upper limit and the moving segments whose circumscribing rectangles are larger than the predefined upper limit are identified as clusters of moving segments. In a second step, a leading horizontal edge, to which no circumscribing rectangle has yet been allocated, is sought in each of these clusters. A circumscribing rectangle is allocated to each edge of this type which has the same width as this edge and whose height is defined by the mean height of all the objects of the object class from a predefined set of object classes whose objects have a mean width which is closest to the width of the edge. <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Michael Dipl.-Ing. Kilger

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