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Background subtraction operates on video streams, not still images, so this is incorrect.
by ddt83 13y ago
Background subtraction operates on video streams, not still images, so this is incorrect.
- mistercow 13y ago"Image segmentation" is usually the term for doing this with still images, and OpenCV provides a couple of functions for it. They're not perfect, but they're probably more effective than what this article describes.
- ddt83 13y agoI agree. I was pointing out that background subtraction is not the same task.
- michael_h 13y agookay, this is image segmentation that attempts to estimate and remove the 'background' segments using some domain specific assumptions. This is generally referred to, in common language, as 'background subtraction'.
- ddt83 13y agoI will not debate common language use of 'background subtraction' because I have not discussed it with laypeople before, but what I can say is that if you were trying to implement what the article is trying to implement and were trying to find relevant literature, then searching for background subtraction would not turn up anything useful.
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