Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals...

Details Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals... Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals...

2005-01-25

2008-10-07

Bella, Matthew C. (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Applications

Target tracking or detecting

C382S107000, C382S118000, C382S228000, C382S172000, C382S190000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07433495

ABSTRACT:
Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals includes receiving a frame of video and/or audio content and identifying a candidate area for a new face region in the frame. One or more hierarchical verification levels are used to verify whether a human face is in the candidate area, and an indication made that the candidate area includes a face if the one or more hierarchical verification levels verify that a human face is in the candidate area. A plurality of audio and/or video cues are used to track each verified face in the video content from frame to frame.

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