Monument Peak Ventures: US-7035461-B2 (Detecting objects in digital images)
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Detecting objects in digital images
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WINNER ANNOUNCED: https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2023/7/31/2000-awarded-for-dominion-harbor-entity-monument-peak-ventures-object-detection-patent-prior-art Unified Patents is seeking prior art on at least Claim 1 of US-7035461-B2. The patent is owned by Monument Peak Ventures, a Dominion Harbor Entity. The patent generally relates to a method for detecting objects in a digital image includes the steps of generating a first segmentation map of the digital image according to a non-object specific criterion, generating a second segmentation map of the digital image according to an object specific criterion, and detecting objects in the digital image using both the first and second segmentation maps. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the non-object specific criterion is a color homogeneity criterion and the object specific criterion is an object specific color similarity, wherein the object specific color is skin color and the method further comprises the step of detecting red-eye in the detected skin color regions. For more information on the patent: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/patents/patent/US-7035461-B2 APEX STANDARDS has shared prior US patent art, non-US patent art, and Non-Patent Literature art as well as corresponding claim charting against the patent. Interested professionals may take them and craft work product from there. The link can be found here: https://www.apexstandards.com/pcc/US7035461B2_construction_prior.art.charting/ View the Similar Documents (patents + scholarly publications) generated by Google Patents: Patents: https://patents.google.com/?q=~patent%2fUS7035461B2&before=filing:20020822 NPL: https://patents.google.com/?q=~patent%2fUS7035461B2&before=filing:20020822&patents=false&scholar ** PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR THIS CONTEST BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE. ** ** TO QUALIFY FOR CONSIDERATION, A CLAIM CHART IS REQUIRED. ** ** PLEASE USE THE PROVIDED CLAIM CHART AS A TEMPLATE ** ** PRIOR ART THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CITED DURING PROSECUTION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. **
Start Date: Wed May 03 2023 18:57:28 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
End Date: Fri Jun 30 2023 18:57:28 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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