Method and apparatus for tracking a moving object

Details Method and apparatus for tracking a moving object Method and apparatus for tracking a moving object

1991-09-05

1994-01-18

Razavi, Michael T.

Image analysis

Histogram processing

For setting a threshold

382 48, 382 30, 358105, G06K 900

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052805301

ABSTRACT:
A method of tracking a moving object in a scene, for example the face of a person in videophone applications, comprises forming an initial template of the face, extracting a mask outlining the face, dividing the template into a plurality (for example sixteen) sub-templates, searching the next frame to find a match with the template, searching the next frame to find a match with each of the sub-templates, determining the displacements of each of the sub-templates with respect to the template, using the displacements to determine affine transform coefficients and performing an affine transform to produce an updated template and updated mask.

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