Image analysis – Applications – Target tracking or detecting
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-12
2005-04-12
Johns, Andrew W. (Department: 2621)
Image analysis
Applications
Target tracking or detecting
Reexamination Certificate
active
06879705
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for tracking multiple objects in a video sequence. The method defines a group of objects as a configuration, selects a configuration for a current video frame, predicts a configuration using a two-level process and computes the likelihood of the configuration. Using this method in an iterative manner on a sequence of frames, tracks the object group through the sequence.
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Kumar Rakesh
Sawhney Harpreet Singh
Tao Hai
Burke William J.
Johns Andrew W.
Nakhjavan Shervin
Sarnoff Corporation
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