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显著区域检测。求的图像中感兴趣区域的位置

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1. The SaliencyToolbox computer source code and executable 
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functions and scripts and C++ code both as source code and compiled 
executable sub-routines (MEX functions) for computing the saliency 
map for a visual (such as a single image or a video stream), for 
determining the extent of a proto-object, and for serially 
scanning the visual with the focus of attention. Source code is 
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Major portions of the SaliencyToolbox are protected under a
U.S. patent application:
    "Computation of Intrinsic Perceptual Saliency in Visual 
    Environments, and Applications" by Christof Koch and Laurent 
    Itti, California Institute of Technology, 2001 (patent pending;
    application number 09/912,225; filed July 23, 2001).
See http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair for current status.