Patent ID: 11881016
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A system for processing an image so as to perform instance segmentation, comprising:
a module for inputting the image to a first neural network configured to output, for each pixel of the image, an affinity vector wherein the components of the vector are each associated with other pixels of the image at positions relative to the pixel predefined in an affinity pattern, the value of each component being set to a first value if the neural network determines that the other pixel associated with the component belongs to the same instance as the pixel of the image and set to a second value which differs from the first value if the neural network determines that the other pixel associated with the component does not belong to the same instance as the pixel of the image, the affinity vectors of all the pixels of the image forming an affinity graph,
a module for inputting, to a second neural network, the affinity graph and a predefined seed-map having the resolution of the image and at least one pixel having a value set to the first value, so as to:
determine whether other pixels belong to the same instance as the at least one pixel of the seed-map having a value set to the first value, and
set at the first value the value of the other pixels determined as belonging to the same instance as the at least one pixel of the seed-map having a value set to the first value.