Patent ID: 8774529

Claim:
A method for detecting an object in an image, the method comprising: obtaining one or more real images; analyzing the one or more real images and deriving a set of parameters defining each of the one or more real images; creating a modified image by inserting at least one artificial object into at least one of the one or more real images, the artificial object comprising at least a portion of an object identified in the one or more real images; analyzing the modified image to derive a set of parameters defining the modified image; comparing the set of parameters defining each of the one or more real images with the set of parameters defining the modified image; determining the likelihood of the object being present within the one or more real images based on the set of parameters; repeating the steps of analyzing, comparing, and determining; and stopping the steps of analyzing, comparing, and determining when the probability of additional, unidentified objects being present in the one or more real images has met a predetermined level.