METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING IMAGE ELEMENTS

摘要

A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
identifying a first image element of an image as a background and a second image element of the image as a foreground; and processing, via a processor, the image based on a relative occlusion between the background and the foreground, wherein the relative occlusion is determined using a color difference between the first image element and the second image element.