SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE SELECTION USING MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES ANALYSIS

摘要

An image selection method includes receiving a collection of images and optionally, filtering the collection of images. The filtering may include removing images that are near-duplicates of other images in the collection. A plurality of features is extracted from each of the images in the optionally-filtered collection. The optionally-filtered collection of images is considered as a time-ordered sequence of images and is segmented to form a sequence of segments. Each segment includes at least one of the images. The segmenting of the sequence of images is based on the extracted features and positions of the images in the sequence of images. Images from the segments are selected to form a sub-collection of the images.

主权项

1. An image selection method comprising:
receiving a collection of images; optionally, filtering the collection of images, the filtering comprising removing images that are near-duplicates of other images in the collection; extracting a plurality of features from each of the images in the optionally-filtered collection; and with a processor, considering the optionally-filtered collection of images as an ordered sequence of images and segmenting the sequence of images to form a sequence of segments, each segment comprising at least one image, the segmenting of the sequence of images being based on the extracted features and positions of the images in the sequence of images; and selecting images from the segments to form a sub-collection of the images.