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  • Adaptive background image updating
    Patent number: 7224735
    Abstract: A method compares a background image to input images to determine a similarity scores ? for each input image. Then, the background image is updated only if the similarity score for a particular image is less than a predetermined threshold. Presumably, any pixel whose color does not change is part of a static background, and any pixel that does change is part of a moving object. The similarity score controls when input images are scored and the manner the background image is updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electronic Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Fatih M. Porikli, Oncel Tuzel, Dirk Brinkman