METHOD FOR SEARCHING SMALL MOVING OBJECT IN DYNAMIC IMAGE

• US 20130135524A1
• Filed: 06/15/2012
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corporation (Novatek Microelectronics Corp Limited)
• Original Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corporation (Novatek Microelectronics Corp Limited)
• Inventors: Chang, Hsiao-Enmr, Chen, Tsui-Chin, Lin, I-Feng, Jiang, Jiande
• Application Number:
  US13/523,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20130135524A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/441
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/145 Movement estimation for video coding H04N19/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0127 by changing the field or frame frequency of the incoming video signal, e.g. frame rate converter

Abstract

A method for searching small moving object is used to insert an inserting image frame between adjacent two image frames. An inserting region is selected in the inserting image frame. Multiple extending directions passing through the inserting region are selected. Each of the extending directions extends and intersects with the two image frames to analyze out which one of the extending directions satisfies the condition of movement by the same object, and obtain at least one motion vector corresponding to the extending direction. A globe motion vector between the two image frames is obtained. A motion-vector difference between the at least one motion vector and the globe motion vector is compared to judge whether greater than a setting value. If the motion vector difference is greater than the setting value then the first local-region image data and the second local-region image data are treated as a small moving object.

Claims

1. A method for searching a small moving object in a dynamic image, for inserting an inserting image plane between a first image plane and a second image plane, comprising:

selecting an inserting region in the inserting image plane;

constructing multiple extending directions in multiple local regions in a predetermined range and a reference region by taking a position of the inserting region as the reference region, intersecting the extending directions respectively with the first image plane and the second image plane to obtain multiple pairs of local-region image data, each pair of the local-region image data comprises a first local-region image data of the first image plane and a second local-region image data of the second image plane;

calculating a difference between the first local-region image data and the second local-region image data of each pair of the local-region image data, wherein when the difference is smaller than a setting value, the corresponding extending direction is considered as at least one primary motion vector;

obtaining a globe motion vector between the first image plane and the second image plane; and

comparing a motion vector difference between the at least one motion vector and the globe motion vector and a setting value to see whether the motion vector difference is greater than the setting value, wherein if the motion vector difference is greater than the setting value, the first local-region image data and the second local-region image data of the corresponding extending direction are recognized as an image of a small moving object.

2. The method for searching a small moving object in a dynamic image according to claim 1, further comprising a confirmation step, wherein the confirmation step comprises:

finding a first small moving object from the first image plane to the second image plane, and obtaining a first motion vector;

finding a second small moving object from the second image plane to the first image plane, and obtaining a second motion vector;

detecting whether the first motion vector and the second motion vector are substantially consistent; and

if the first motion vector and the second motion vector are substantially consistent, detecting whether the first motion vector or the second motion vector is substantially consistent with the motion vector corresponding to the small moving object, and discarding the small moving object if the first motion vector or the second motion vector is not consistent with the motion vector corresponding to the small moving object.

3. The method for searching a small moving object in a dynamic image according to claim 1, further comprising a confirmation step, wherein the confirmation step comprises:

finding a first small moving object from the small moving object recognized in the first image plane to the second image plane, and obtaining a first motion vector;

finding a second small moving object from the small moving object recognized in the second image plane to the first image plane, and obtaining a second motion vector;

detecting whether the first motion vector and the second motion vector are substantially consistent; and

if the first motion vector and the second motion vector are substantially consistent, detecting whether the first motion vector or the second motion vector is substantially consistent with the motion vector corresponding to the small moving object, and discarding the small moving object if the first motion vector or the second motion vector is not consistent with the motion vector corresponding to the small moving object.

4. The method for searching a small moving object in a dynamic image according to claim 1, wherein the difference between the first local-region image data and the second local-region image data is a sum of absolute difference (SAD) of pixels.

5. The method for searching a small moving object in a dynamic image according to claim 1, wherein the inserting region comprises multiple pixels.

6. The method for searching a small moving object in a dynamic image according to claim 1, wherein the first image plane and the second image plane are adjacent two frames of a dynamic image, and the inserting image plane is an inserting frame to be inserted between the two frames.

7. The method for searching a small moving object in a dynamic image according to claim 1, wherein the inserting region moves in a whole local-region of the inserting image plane to complete an imager insertion of the whole local-region.

8. The method for searching a small moving object in a dynamic image according to claim 1, wherein the inserting image data of the inserting region is performing image insertion according to a value of the motion vector.

9. A method for searching a small moving object in a dynamic image, for inserting an inserting image frame between a first image frame and a second image frame adjacent to each other in display data of a dynamic image, comprising:

selecting an inserting region in the inserting image frame;

selecting multiple predetermined extending directions passing through the inserting region;

respectively intersecting the extending directions with the first image frame and the second image frame simultaneously to obtain a first local-region image data and a second local-region image data, analyzing whether the extending directions meet a condition of the same image object moving, and obtaining at least one motion vector with the corresponding extending direction;

obtaining a globe motion vector between the first image frame and the second image frame; and

comparing a motion vector difference between the at least one motion vector and the globe motion vector with a setting value to see whether the motion vector difference is greater than the setting value, wherein if the motion vector difference is greater than the setting value, the corresponding first local-region image data and the second local-region image data are considered as a small moving object.

10. The method for searching a small moving object in a dynamic image according to claim 9, further comprising a confirmation step, wherein the confirmation step comprises:

finding a possible first small moving object from the first image frame to the second image frame, and obtaining a first motion vector;

finding a possible second small moving object from the second image frame to the first image frame, and obtaining a second motion vector;

detecting whether the first motion vector and the second motion vector are substantially consistent; and

if the first motion vector, the second motion vector, and the motion vector corresponding to the small moving object are not consistent, discarding the recognition of the small moving object.

11. The method for searching a small moving object in a dynamic image according to claim 9, wherein the difference between the first local-region image data and the second local-region image data is a sum of absolute difference (SAD) of pixels.

12. The method for searching a small moving object in a dynamic image according to claim 9, further comprising a confirmation step, wherein the confirmation step comprises:

finding a first small moving object from the small moving object recognized in the first image plane to the second image plane, and obtaining a first motion vector;

finding a second small moving object from the small moving object recognized in the second image plane to the first image plane, and obtaining a second motion vector;

detecting whether the first motion vector and the second motion vector are substantially consistent; and

if the first motion vector and the second motion vector are substantially consistent, detecting whether the first motion vector or the second motion vector is substantially consistent with the motion vector corresponding to the small moving object, and discarding the small moving object if the first motion vector or the second motion vector is not consistent with the motion vector corresponding to the small moving object.