(19)
(11) EP 2 224 372 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A2)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
19.01.2011 Bulletin 2011/03

(43) Date of publication:
01.09.2010 Bulletin 2010/35

(21) Application number: 10159662.5

(22) Date of filing: 16.12.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06K 9/64(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA ME MK RS

(30) Priority: 20.12.2007 US 960800

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
08865994.1 / 2208152

(71) Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester, NY 14650 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Gallagher, Andrew C.
    Rochester, New York 14650 (US)
  • Das, Madirakshi
    Rochester, New York 14650 (US)
  • Loui, Alexander C.
    Rochester, New York 14650 (US)
  • Farmer, Jens C.
    Rochester, New York 14650 (US)

(74) Representative: Weber, Etienne Nicolas 
Kodak Etablissement de Chalon Campus Industriel - Département Brevets Route de Demigny - Z.I. Nord - B.P. 21
71102 Chalon-sur-Saône Cedex
71102 Chalon-sur-Saône Cedex (FR)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 12-05-2010 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Grouping images by location


(57) A method of matching background regions between a reference image and a target image, comprising
(a) determining the background regions for the reference image and the target image;
(b) locating feature points in the background of the reference and target images;
(c) matching feature points in the reference and target images;
(d) clustering matched points into spatially compact regions;
(e) filtering matched points that do not correspond to regions on the same objects; and
(f) computing a match score from the filtered matched points between the reference and target images.