Patent №
US 7,206,449
Granted
2007-04-17
Filed 2003
Owner
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10391999
A method detects silhouette edges in images. An ambient image is acquired of a scene with ambient light. A set of illuminated images is also acquired of the scene. Each illuminated image is acquired with a different light source illuminating the scene. The ambient image is combined with the set of illuminated to detect cast shadows, and silhouette edge pixels are located from the cast shadows.
AI classification
Ownership
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.
assignment · 138950513
Assignors
RASKAR, RAMESH, YU, JINGYI
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.