Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Object tracking for artificial vision
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Application No.: US13498667Application Date: 2010-09-30
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Publication No.: US09697746B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Nick Barnes , Chunhua Shen
- Applicant: Nick Barnes , Chunhua Shen
- Applicant Address: AU Eveleigh, NSW
- Assignee: National ICT Australia Limited
- Current Assignee: National ICT Australia Limited
- Current Assignee Address: AU Eveleigh, NSW
- Priority: AU2009904788 20090930
- International Application: PCT/AU2010/001290 WO 20100930
- International Announcement: WO2011/038465 WO 20110407
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G09B21/00 ; G06K9/60 ; G06T11/60 ; A61F9/08 ; A61N1/36 ; H04N7/00

Abstract:
This invention concerns the tracking of objects in video data for artificial vision; for instance for a bionic eye. More particularly, the invention concerns a vision enhancement apparatus for a vision-impaired user. In other aspects, the invention concerns a method for enhancing vision and software to perform the method. The image processor operates to process video data representing images of a scene. Automatically detect and track a user selected object, such as a face, in the images. And, automatically modify the video data, by reserving a user selected area of the displayed images for displaying the tracked object as a separate video tile within the scene. The separate video tile remains in the selected area despite movement of the camera relative to the scene, or movement of the user relative to the object or the scene.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120212594A1 Object Tracking for Artificial Vision Public/Granted day:2012-08-23
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