WO2004053791A3 - Methods and apparatus to count people appearing in an image - Google Patents

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WO2004053791A3
WO2004053791A3 PCT/US2002/039619 US0239619W WO2004053791A3 WO 2004053791 A3 WO2004053791 A3 WO 2004053791A3 US 0239619 W US0239619 W US 0239619W WO 2004053791 A3 WO2004053791 A3 WO 2004053791A3
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methods
appearing
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people appearing
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Arun Ramaswamy
Daniel J Nelson
Venugopal Srinivasan
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Nielsen Media Res Inc
Arun Ramaswamy
Daniel J Nelson
Venugopal Srinivasan
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Priority to CA002509511A priority Critical patent/CA2509511A1/en
Priority to PCT/US2002/039619 priority patent/WO2004053791A2/en
Priority to EP02795822A priority patent/EP1576538A2/en
Priority to US10/538,483 priority patent/US7203338B2/en
Priority to AU2002360558A priority patent/AU2002360558A1/en
Publication of WO2004053791A2 publication Critical patent/WO2004053791A2/en
Priority to US11/548,578 priority patent/US7466844B2/en
Publication of WO2004053791A3 publication Critical patent/WO2004053791A3/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T7/00—Image analysis
    • G06T7/20—Analysis of motion
    • G06T7/254—Analysis of motion involving subtraction of images
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/20—Image preprocessing
    • G06V10/255—Detecting or recognising potential candidate objects based on visual cues, e.g. shapes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04H—BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
    • H04H60/00—Arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linking to broadcast information or broadcast space-time; Broadcast-related systems
    • H04H60/35—Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users
    • H04H60/45—Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying users

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to count people appearing in an image (12) are disclosed. One disclosed method reduces objects appearing in a series of images to one or more blobs; for each individual image in a set of the images of the series of images, represents the one or more blobs (190); in the individual image by one or more symbols in a histogram (278); and analyzes the symbols appearing in the histogram to count the people in the image.
PCT/US2002/039619 2002-12-11 2002-12-11 Methods and apparatus to count people appearing in an image WO2004053791A2 (en)

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CA002509511A CA2509511A1 (en) 2002-12-11 2002-12-11 Methods and apparatus to count people appearing in an image
PCT/US2002/039619 WO2004053791A2 (en) 2002-12-11 2002-12-11 Methods and apparatus to count people appearing in an image
EP02795822A EP1576538A2 (en) 2002-12-11 2002-12-11 Methods and apparatus to count people appearing in an image
US10/538,483 US7203338B2 (en) 2002-12-11 2002-12-11 Methods and apparatus to count people appearing in an image
AU2002360558A AU2002360558A1 (en) 2002-12-11 2002-12-11 Methods and apparatus to count people appearing in an image
US11/548,578 US7466844B2 (en) 2002-12-11 2006-10-11 Methods and apparatus to count people appearing in an image

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US11/548,578 Continuation US7466844B2 (en) 2002-12-11 2006-10-11 Methods and apparatus to count people appearing in an image

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US8411963B2 (en) 2008-08-08 2013-04-02 The Nielsen Company (U.S.), Llc Methods and apparatus to count persons in a monitored environment
US8677385B2 (en) 2010-09-21 2014-03-18 The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc Methods, apparatus, and systems to collect audience measurement data
US10402661B2 (en) 2013-07-22 2019-09-03 Opengate Development, Llc Shape/object recognition using still/scan/moving image optical digital media processing
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US11860704B2 (en) 2021-08-16 2024-01-02 The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc Methods and apparatus to determine user presence
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