Television – Object tracking
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-20
2006-06-20
Philippe, Gims (Department: 2621)
Television
Object tracking
C348S208140
Reexamination Certificate
active
07064776
ABSTRACT:
An object movement tracking apparatus and its method tracks an object with an unknown initial position and which object is continually moving, the apparatus for recovering a tracking process even when the tracking has failed and includes an observing device such as a video camera for observing a scene at a video frame rate. Time-sequentially acquired image data from the observing device are stored in an image memory device and the data processed in parallel. During data processing, an object recognition module selects a frame memory based on predetermined information. An estimated value of position/posture of the object are calculated from the image data and transmitted. A movement tracking module receives transmitted data from the object recognition module, replacing a current frame with a next frame and waits until image data in the next frame are inputted. When image data inputting is finished, the up dated replacement in position/posture of the object and its evaluated value are calculated by comparing image data and the object model. The system mode is changed and updated based on the obtained evaluated value.
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Ishiyama Yutaka
Kubo Fumio
Sumi Yasushi
Tomita Fumiaki
Carella Byrne et al.
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Olstein Elliot M.
Philippe Gims
Rekstad Erick
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