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The method discloses a method of segmenting moving objects and determining their motion from video data. The method generates (104) a motion vector field by comparing the current frame of video data with the previous frame, where a motion vector is determined for each pixel of the current frame. The method then generates (106) a motion parameter field by sliding a window over the motion vector field of the current frame, and determining a set of motion parameters for each pixel based on a motion model of the motion vector field. The method then distributes (108) seeds throughout the motion parameter field so that fewer seeds are allocated to those areas of the motion parameter field having homogeneous motion parameter sets. The method then grows (110) regions from said seeds so as to segment the motion parameter field into a number of regions. The method considers a number of pixels that border the growing regions and the pixel that has a motion vector that is most similar to the motion parameter field of a region it borders is appended to that region. The method then updates the set of motion parameters of the appended region. The method continues until there are no more pixels bordering the growing regions.

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