Samsung patents image recognition that combines local and global features
Samsung has been granted a patent for a method that improves how computers identify objects in images. The system extracts specific details from parts of an image and combines them with a broader overview of the whole picture to make a more accurate identification.
In the filing’s own words
A method and apparatus for object recognition are provided. A processor-implemented method includes extracting feature maps including local feature representations from an input image, generating a global feature representation corresponding to the input image by fusing the local feature representations, and performing a recognition task on the input image based on the local feature representations and the global feature representation.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A processor-implemented method, the method comprising: extracting feature maps comprising local feature representations from an input image; generating a global feature representation corresponding to the input image by fusing the local feature representations; estimating a first recognition result corresponding to the local feature representations, using a first recognition model, and estimating a second recognition result corresponding to the global feature representation, using a second recognition model, wherein the second recognition model comprises a classification model configured to estimate a classification result from the global feature representation; and performing a recognition task on the input image based on the first recognition result corresponding to the local feature representations and the second recognition result corresponding to the global feature representation.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Method and apparatus with object recognition
- Patent number
- US12749296B2
- Application number
- 17970907
- Filed
- Oct 21, 2022
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 26
Classified under
G06V 10/806 Physics & computingG06V 10/7715 Physics & computingG06V 10/82 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AI & software
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