Patent ID: 7869648
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: G06K,G06N,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for defining a boundary separating a first region and a second region of a digital image, the digital image including one or more color arrangements characteristic of a first visual texture of the first region and one or more color arrangements characteristic of a second visual texture of the second region, the method comprising: selecting, via a user input, a training set of pixels including a portion of the first region and a portion of the second region, wherein the portion of the first region and the portion of the second region do not include a boundary separating the first region and the second region, the training set of pixels exhibiting sample color arrangements associated with both the first and second visual textures; and determining which pixels of the digital image satisfy criteria for classification as associated with the first region and the second region, using input sets based on the training set, each input set including a pixel of interest and neighboring pixels, to indicate a region to which each of the pixels of interest belong, the determining including: