Patents by Inventor Anthony Dick

Anthony Dick has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Image processing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 8374440
    Abstract: A method (100) is disclosed of classifying elements in a region within a frame (410). The method (100) creates (145) a background model (150) of at least said region based on a statistical function applied to features of elements of said region in a set of frames. A mapping (130) of features to labels is also received. A difference measure comprising a plurality of difference values is then calculated based on features of elements in the region and features of the background model (150). The method (100) then classifies (180) elements based upon the difference measure and the mapping (130).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jeroen Vendrig, Anton Van den Hengel, Anthony Dick
  • IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20080152236
    Abstract: A method (100) is disclosed of classifying elements in a region within a frame (410). The method (100) creates (145) a background model (150) of at least said region based on a statistical function applied to features of elements of said region in a set of frames. A mapping (130) of features to labels is also received. A difference measure comprising a plurality of difference values is then calculated based on features of elements in the region and features of the background model (150). The method (100) then classifies (180) elements based upon the difference measure and the mapping (130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jeroen Vendrig, Anton Van den Hengel, Anthony Dick