Determining image quality for improving object trackability
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1. A method comprising:
- preprocessing a video image from a video camera to separate one or more objects to be tracked from the rest of the video image and compute statistics for the one or more objects to be tracked and the rest of the video image;
generating a quality measure based on the statistics for the one or more objects to be tracked and the rest of the video image that indicates the suitability of the video image for use by an object tracking system; and
tuning said video camera to increase said quality measure beyond a threshold.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided that determine the suitability of an image for use by an object tracking system. According to one embodiment of the present invention an image is preprocessed to separate one or more objects to be tracked from the rest of the image and compute statistics for the one or more objects to be tracked and the rest of the image. A quality measure is generated based on the statistics for the one or more objects to be tracked and the rest of the image that indicates the suitability of the image for use by an object tracking system.
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1. A method comprising:
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preprocessing a video image from a video camera to separate one or more objects to be tracked from the rest of the video image and compute statistics for the one or more objects to be tracked and the rest of the video image;
generating a quality measure based on the statistics for the one or more objects to be tracked and the rest of the video image that indicates the suitability of the video image for use by an object tracking system; and
tuning said video camera to increase said quality measure beyond a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a storage device having stored therein one or more routines for determining the suitability of a video image for use by an object tracking system; and
a processor coupled to the storage device that when executing the one or more routines;
preprocesses a video image from a video camera to separate one or more objects to be tracked from the rest of the video image and compute statistics for the one or more objects to be tracked and the rest of the video image;
generates a quality measure based on the statistics for the one or more objects to be tracked and the rest of the video image that indicates the suitability of the video image for use by an object tracking system; and
tunes said video camera to increase said quality measure beyond a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions, said sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to:
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preprocess a video image from a video camera to separate one or more objects to be tracked from the rest of the video image and compute statistics for the one or more objects to be tracked and the rest of the video image;
generate a quality measure based on the statistics for the one or more objects to be tracked and the rest of the video image that indicates the suitability of the video image for use by an object tracking system; and
tune said video camera to increase said quality measure beyond a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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