US Patent 7787678 Devices, systems, and methods for processing images

Patent 7787678 was granted and assigned to Siemens Communications on August, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Siemens Communications

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7787678

Date of Patent

August 31, 2010

Patent Application Number

11538921

Date Filed

October 5, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

Charles Kim

Patent abstract

Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise, automatically determining a target object from an image via an application of an iterative minimization algorithm to an energy function. Each iteration of the iterative minimization algorithm can comprise a comparison of a model with an estimated contour of the target object.