IP Library Granted Patent US 8,320,644
Granted Patent B2
US 8,320,644 · App. 12/815,959 · Granted Nov 27, 2012

Object detection metadata

Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,320,644
App. No.
12/815,959
Granted
Nov 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A perimeter around a detected object in a frame of image data can be generated in a first coordinate system. The perimeter can be converted from the first coordinate system into a second coordinate system having the same aspect ratio as the first coordinate system. A first metadata entry can include dimensions of image data in the second coordinate system. A second metadata entry can provide a location and dimensions of the converted perimeter in the second coordinate space. Additional metadata can indicate matching objects between frames, position of an object relative to other objects in a frame, a probability that an object is correctly detected, and a total number of objects detected across multiple frames of image data.

Claims (18)

1. A method for generating face detection metadata, the method comprising:

generating a perimeter around a detected face in a frame of video data, the perimeter using a first coordinate system;

converting, by a data processing system, the perimeter from the first coordinate system into a second coordinate system, wherein an aspect ratio of dimensions of the perimeter in the first coordinate system matches an aspect ratio of the dimensions in the second coordinate system;

generating a first metadata entry including dimensions of the frame of video data in the second coordinate system;

generating a second metadata entry including information that provides a location and dimensions of the converted perimeter in the second coordinate system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location comprises a point indicating the top-left corner of a rectangle and the dimensions of the converted perimeter comprise a width and a height of the rectangle.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first metadata entry further includes an indication of a total number of detected faces; and

the dimensions of the frame of video data in the second coordinate system comprise a width and a height.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the first metadata entry and the second metadata entry in a metadata track corresponding to the video data.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the metadata track is configured for time-based metadata storage, the metadata entries in the metadata track being temporally-aligned with the video data.

6. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium storing instructions which when executed by a processor cause a device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

generating a perimeter around a detected object in a frame of video data, the perimeter using a first coordinate system, and the first coordinate system having a first aspect ratio;

converting the perimeter from the first coordinate system into a second coordinate system, wherein dimensions of the second coordinate system have a second aspect ratio matching the first aspect ratio;

generating a first metadata entry including dimensions of the second coordinate system;

generating a second metadata entry including location and dimensions of the converted perimeter in the second coordinate system.

7. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the detected object is one of a human face and an animal face.

8. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the detected object is physical object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2010
From: SINGER, DAVID WILLIAM; KENNEDY, COURTNEY ANN
To: APPLE INC.
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Continuity (1)
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