Patent ID: 11900667
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, implemented in a computer system comprising a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and computer program instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the method comprising:
receiving an image;
extracting from the image a feature related to an object shown in the image;
generating, from the extracted feature and a plurality of default anchor points, at least one selected plurality of control points and at least one selected plurality of anchor points, the at least one selected plurality of control points and the at least one selected plurality of anchor points together representing at least one parametric curve bounding the object shown in the image, wherein a number of the at least one selected plurality of control points is small; and
outputting the at least one selected plurality of control points and the at least one selected plurality of anchor points representing the at least one parametric curve.