Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tracking apparatus for tracking target subject in input image
- Patent Title (中): 用于跟踪输入图像中的目标物体的装置
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Application No.: US13729988Application Date: 2012-12-28
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Publication No.: US08878940B2Publication Date: 2014-11-04
- Inventor: Hisashi Yoneyama
- Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
- Current Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
- Priority: JP2011-144769 20110629
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
The tracking target subject specifying unit specifies a tracking target subject in image data. The first tracking position detection unit detects first characteristic information from the image data and set a first candidate tracking position based on the first characteristic information. The second tracking position detection unit detects second characteristic information from the image data and detect a second candidate tracking position based on the second characteristic information. The reference information acquisition unit acquires reference information. The control unit decides a true tracking position based on two determinations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130113941A1 TRACKING APPARATUS AND TRACKING METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-05-09
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