US 11,893,748 B2
Apparatus and method for image region detection of object based on seed regions and region growing
Hyungjun Lim, Suwon-su (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,331.
Application 17/946,331 is a continuation of application No. 17/526,415, filed on Nov. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,481,907.
Application 17/526,415 is a continuation of application No. 16/563,257, filed on Sep. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,216,953, issued on Jan. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0034640 (KR), filed on Mar. 26, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0078215 (KR), filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017812 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/187 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/187 (2017.01) [G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20156 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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11. An image processing method for an image processing apparatus storing a content, the image processing method comprising:
identifying a first pixel block having a first pixel value from an image frame included in the content based on color information included in pixel value information, the first pixel block including at least two pixels,
identifying a first expansion region by performing a region expansion process based on an adjacent pixel block of the first pixel block,
identifying a first object region based on the first expansion region,
obtaining an output image frame by performing contrast adjustment for the first object region.