Bibliographic Citation

 
8,253,802
Technique for identifying, tracing, or tracking objects in image data
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08/28/2012
US patent application 12/551,894
Anderson, Robert J. (Albuquerque, NM); Rothganger, Fredrick (Albuquerque, NM)
Sandia National Laboratories
USDOE
AC04-94AL85000
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
A technique for computer vision uses a polygon contour to trace an object. The technique includes rendering a polygon contour superimposed over a first frame of image data. The polygon contour is iteratively refined to more accurately trace the object within the first frame after each iteration. The refinement includes computing image energies along lengths of contour lines of the polygon contour and adjusting positions of the contour lines based at least in part on the image energies.

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