Method of detecting and measuring a moving object and apparatus therefor, and a recording medium for recording a program for detecting and measuring a moving object
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1. A moving object detecting and measuring apparatus formed by using a computer, including:
- a first moving object detecting means having a first detecting area defined in the shape of a slit on an input image;
one or more second moving object detecting means having a second detecting area defined in the shape of a slit on the same straight line as the first detecting area, said second detecting area being different in length from said first detecting area; and
moving object measuring means for deciding a length of said moving object passing through said slit in a longitudinal direction of said slit according to output of said first and second moving object detecting means.
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Abstract
There are provided a plurality of units for detecting a moving object in an image from changes of an image structure in a monitor area defined in a linear strip on a single straight line consisting of a base line and its partitions, and a height of a moving object is detected and measured easily and accurately from a code obtained from detection results obtained when the image structure is at its maximum variation.
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13 Claims
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1. A moving object detecting and measuring apparatus formed by using a computer, including:
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a first moving object detecting means having a first detecting area defined in the shape of a slit on an input image;
one or more second moving object detecting means having a second detecting area defined in the shape of a slit on the same straight line as the first detecting area, said second detecting area being different in length from said first detecting area; and
moving object measuring means for deciding a length of said moving object passing through said slit in a longitudinal direction of said slit according to output of said first and second moving object detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A moving object detecting and measuring apparatus using a computer, comprising:
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means for inputting an video image and other pictorial images from outside;
moving object detecting means for defining an object under detection along a single straight line consisting of a base line and partitions thereof on an input video image or pictorial image and setting at least one area of interest to make a decision as to presence or absence of a moving object in an input video image or a pictorial image;
means for calculating correlation in image structure between data on said area of interest in a specific frame and image and data on said area of interest in each frame and image;
detection means for deciding moving object detection events, such as presence or absence of a moving object or a change of the background image, from a pattern of correlation values of a plurality of calculated image structures; and
means for coding a moving object detection result output from said detection means and deciding whether a moving object has been detected or not.
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10. A method for detecting and measuring a moving object by using a computer, comprising the steps of:
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defining a first detection area in a shape of slit on an input image;
defining a second detection area in a shape of a slit which is different in length from said first detection area on a same straight line as said first detection area; and
deciding a length, in a longitudinal direction of said slit, of a moving object passing through said slit according to output of said first and second detection areas. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A program for executing detecting and measuring a moving object by a computer, comprising the steps of:
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defining a first detection area in a shape of a slit on an input image;
defining a second detection area in a shape of a slit located on a same straight line as said first detection area, said second detection having a length different from said first detection area; and
deciding a length, in a longitudinal direction of said slit, of a moving object passing through said slit according to output of said first and second detection areas.
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