Patents by Inventor Xuyu Zhao

Xuyu Zhao 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).

  • Patent number: 10929686
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an image processing apparatus and method and storage medium storing instructions. The image processing apparatus comprises a unit for acquiring a current video frame and a scene model based on an input video, a unit for updating visual element models in said scene model, which match with the visual elements in said current video frame, based on the visual elements in said current video frame, and a unit for updating visual element models in said scene model, which do not match with the visual elements in said current video frame, based on the visual elements in said current video frame and in the previous video frames thereof. According to the present disclosure, the whole scene model can vary immediately following the variation in the environment illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Xuyu Zhao
  • Patent number: 10916016
    Abstract: Acquiring a current image from an inputted video and a background model which comprises a background image and foreground/background classification information of visual elements; classifying the visual elements in the current image as foreground or background; determining similarity measures between the current image and groups in the background model, wherein visual elements in the current image are the visual elements in the current image which are classified as the foreground, wherein visual elements in the groups in the background model are the visual elements whose classification information is the foreground, and wherein the visual elements in the groups in the background model are the visual elements which neighbour to corresponding portions of the visual elements in the groups in the current image; and identifying whether the visual elements in the current image which are classified as the foreground are falsely classified or not according to the determined similarity measures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xuyu Zhao, Tsewei Chen
  • Patent number: 10909379
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for acquiring a current video frame and a scene model based on an input video; determining, based on visual elements in the current video frame, visual element models in the scene model to be visual element models necessary to be corrected and visual element models unnecessary to be corrected; and correcting the visual element models necessary to be corrected based on reference visual element models, wherein the reference visual element models are visual element models in the scene model that are determined to be the visual element models unnecessary to be corrected based on each of the current video frame and its previous video frames, similarities among the appearance features of the reference visual element models and the visual element models necessary to be corrected in the previous video frames satisfy a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xuyu Zhao, Qiao Wang
  • Patent number: 10445590
    Abstract: One of the aspects of the present invention discloses an image processing apparatus. The apparatus comprises: a unit configured to acquire a current image and a background image; a unit configured to detect a foreground object from the current image according to the background image; a unit configured to determine a first parameter according to luminance information of the foreground object in the current image and luminance information of portion corresponding to the foreground object in the background image, wherein the first parameter represents change degree of luminance direction of the portion corresponding to the foreground object from the background image to the foreground image; and a unit configured to identify whether the foreground object is a false foreground object or not according to the first parameter. According to the present invention, the accuracy of identifying the false foreground objects will be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Qin Yang, Xuyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20190294884
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for acquiring a current video frame and a scene model based on an input video; determining, based on visual elements in the current video frame, visual element models in the scene model to be visual element models necessary to be corrected and visual element models unnecessary to be corrected; and correcting the visual element models necessary to be corrected based on reference visual element models, wherein the reference visual element models are visual element models in the scene model that are determined to be the visual element models unnecessary to be corrected based on each of the current video frame and its previous video frames, similarities among the appearance features of the reference visual element models and the visual element models necessary to be corrected in the previous video frames satisfy a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Xuyu Zhao, Qiao Wang
  • Publication number: 20190294887
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an image processing apparatus and method and storage medium storing instructions. The image processing apparatus comprises a unit for acquiring a current video frame and a scene model based on an input video, a unit for updating visual element models in said scene model, which match with the visual elements in said current video frame, based on the visual elements in said current video frame, and a unit for updating visual element models in said scene model, which do not match with the visual elements in said current video frame, based on the visual elements in said current video frame and in the previous video frames thereof. According to the present disclosure, the whole scene model can vary immediately following the variation in the environment illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Xuyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20190102888
    Abstract: Acquiring a current image from an inputted video and a background model which comprises a background image and foreground/background classification information of visual elements; classifying the visual elements in the current image as foreground or background; determining similarity measures between the current image and groups in the background model, wherein visual elements in the current image are the visual elements in the current image which are classified as the foreground, wherein visual elements in the groups in the background model are the visual elements whose classification information is the foreground, and wherein the visual elements in the groups in the background model are the visual elements which neighbour to corresponding portions of the visual elements in the groups in the current image; and identifying whether the visual elements in the current image which are classified as the foreground are falsely classified or not according to the determined similarity measures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Xuyu Zhao, Tsewei Chen
  • Publication number: 20170337431
    Abstract: One of the aspects of the present invention discloses an image processing apparatus. The apparatus comprises: a unit configured to acquire a current image and a background image; a unit configured to detect a foreground object from the current image according to the background image; a unit configured to determine a first parameter according to luminance information of the foreground object in the current image and luminance information of portion corresponding to the foreground object in the background image, wherein the first parameter represents change degree of luminance direction of the portion corresponding to the foreground object from the background image to the foreground image; and a unit configured to identify whether the foreground object is a false foreground object or not according to the first parameter. According to the present invention, the accuracy of identifying the false foreground objects will be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Qin Yang, Xuyu Zhao
  • Patent number: 9659220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the method for updating scene model and video surveillance. A method is provided for updating a scene model in a video which is composed of a plurality of visual elements, comprising: a classifying step for classifying the visual elements in a scene into stationary visual elements and moving visual elements according to their appearance change rates; a border determining step for determining borders from the scene according to a spatial distribution information of the stationary visual elements and the moving visual elements; and an updating step for updating the scene model according to the determined borders in said scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xuyu Zhao, Long Jiang, Yong Jiang
  • Publication number: 20150363649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the method for updating scene model and video surveillance. A method is provided for updating a scene model in a video which is composed of a plurality of visual elements, comprising: a classifying step for classifying the visual elements in a scene into stationary visual elements and moving visual elements according to their appearance change rates; a border determining step for determining borders from the scene according to a spatial distribution information of the stationary visual elements and the moving visual elements; and an updating step for updating the scene model according to the determined borders in said scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Xuyu Zhao, Long Jiang, Yong Jiang
  • Publication number: 20130230830
    Abstract: An information outputting apparatus for outputting a first information, and a second information including a plurality of information units, comprising: storage means operable to store an information classification library including a plurality of information units and a classification status for each of the information unit; classification means operable to determine the classification status of each information unit in the second information according to the information classification library; output means operable to synchronically output the first information and the information units in the second information based on the classification results in said classification means; and classification control means operable to change real time the classification status for at least one information unit in the information classification library while the first information is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Xin Liu, Xuyu Zhao