RECOVERING OBJECTS BY USING SHAPE PRIORS FOR LEVEL SET REPRESENTATIONS - Patent 1472646

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EP 1 472 646 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	03.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/45

(21)	Application number: 03706033.2

(22)	Date of filing: 03.02.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06K 9/64, G06K 9/48, G06T 5/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/003060

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/065294 (07.08.2003 Gazette 2003/32)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

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Priority:

01.02.2002 US 354005 P
31.01.2003 US 356093

(71)	Applicant: SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC.
	Princeton,New Jersey 08540 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	PARAGIOS, Nikolaos Plainsboro, NJ 08536 (US) ROUSSON, Mikael F-07920 Preaux (FR)

(74)	Representative: O'Connell, David Christopher
	HASELTINE LAKE,Redcliff Quay120 Redcliff Street Bristol BS1 6HU Bristol BS1 6HU (GB)

(54)	RECOVERING OBJECTS BY USING SHAPE PRIORS FOR LEVEL SET REPRESENTATIONS