Patent ID: 6292575
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A system for refining an object within an image based on color, the system comprising:a storage element for storing flesh tone colors of a plurality of people,defining means for defining an unrefined region of interest corresponding to at least part of the object in the image, the unrefined region of interest including flesh tone colors,combination means for combining the unrefined region of interest with one or more of the flesh tone colors stored in the storage element to refine the region of interest to ensure that at least a portion of the image corresponding to the unrefined region of interest having flesh tone color is incorporated into the refined region of interest, anda motion detector for detecting motion of the image within a field of view, the motion detector comprises:a differencing means for subtracting selected pixel values associated with generally spatially adjacent images and for generating a difference value therefrom, anda threshold means for comparing the difference value with a threshold value to determine motion within the field of view.