Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Use of 3D depth map with low and high resolution 2D images for gesture recognition and object tracking systems
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Application No.: US14963992Application Date: 2015-12-09
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Publication No.: US09886769B1Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Jamie Douglas Tremaine , Oliver Pilgrim Hinds , Brian Frederick Rossa
- Applicant: Jamie Douglas Tremaine , Oliver Pilgrim Hinds , Brian Frederick Rossa
- Agency: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
- Agent Dennis B. Danella, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06K9/34
- IPC: G06K9/34 ; G06T7/207 ; G06T7/40 ; G06T7/564 ; G06T7/60 ; G06K9/00

Abstract:
Disclosed herein according to one embodiment is an object tracker for tracking an object. The object tracker includes a depth camera for acquiring a 3D depth map and a low-resolution 2D image of the object, and an image camera for acquiring a high-resolution 2D image of the object. A processor is in communication with the depth camera and the image camera. The processor is configured to: identify a region of interest within the 3D depth map; identify an approximate object silhouette within the low-resolution 2D image using information about the region of interest from the 3D depth map; identify the approximate object silhouette in the high-resolution 2D image using information about the approximate object silhouette from the low-resolution 2D image; generate a refined object silhouette within the high-resolution 2D image using a region segmentation process; and track the object using the refined object silhouette.
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