Patent ID: 8086036
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for resolving an occlusion in a video image, comprising: detecting a plurality of foreground regions in a series of video images; associating a foreground region with at least one tracked object of a plurality of objects being tracked; determining, using a computer device, whether any object of the plurality of objects may occlude or be occluded by another object of the plurality of objects by comparing current attributes and object models of each of the objects with the video image and plurality of foreground regions; assigning, using the computer device, pixels overlapped by object models of at least one of the object or the another object to one of the object or the another object; and performing, using the computer device, an analysis of an unresolved region to associate the unresolved region with one of the objects or to assign the region with a designation of ambiguous region.