Patent ID: 9672226
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. A method to identify an object comprising: receiving an image, the image having an object in front of a background; segmenting the image into a segmented image using a segmentation technique, the segmented image having a foreground component showing at least a part of the object and a background component showing at least a part of the background; determining at least one property of the foreground component of the segmented image; and matching the at least one property of the foreground component with a database of identified objects having the corresponding at least one property to identify the object; wherein determining the at least one property of the foreground component comprises: identifying a contour of the foreground component; identifying a plurality of points along the contour of the foreground component; selecting a shape out a plurality of predefined shapes based on the plurality of points, wherein the at least one property of the foreground component comprises the shape selected based on the plurality of points; and reducing the plurality of points identified comprising: