The computational process of identifying, isolating, and tracing exact visual boundaries of individual objects across incoming live video frames instantly as they occur.

Brandished by AI computer vision startups to make basic video bounding-box code or green-screen background removal sound like military target identification.

• Military-Grade Flex: Wrapping automated image masking software in elite computer vision terminology.
• Over-Engineered Description: Calling basic visual cutout software "real-time object segmentation."
• Kitchen Reality Check: Like tracing around a pancake on a griddle with a spatula and calling it "real-time breakfast segmentation."

Zero Dark Thirty (2010s) scene where thermal target-tracking software isolates human forms frame-by-frame during the compound assault, outlining shapes in real time.

Software that traces object outlines in live video feeds as they happen.

“Real-time object segmentation flags safety compliance breaches across construction site feeds.”

“Our camera software automatically outlines workers and equipment on live warehouse feeds to track safety zone compliance.”