APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE-ADAPTIVE OBJECT DETECTION AND TRACKING
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing object information based on an image sequence comprising a plurality of images, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- an object detector for conducting object detection on three or more images of the plurality of images of the image sequence to acquire a result of the object detection as the object information, wherein each image of the image sequence on which object detection is conducted, is an object-detected image of the image sequence, and wherein each image of the image sequence on which object detection is not conducted, is not an object-detected image of the image sequence, andan object tracker for conducting object tracking on one or more images of the image sequence to acquire a result of the object tracking as the object information,wherein the object detector is adapted to conduct object detection and the object tracker is adapted to conduct object tracking such that an object detection distance is different for at least two pairs of two object-detected images of the image sequence, wherein the object detection distance is defined for each pair of two object-detected images of the image sequence, for which at least one image exists between said two object-detected images within the image sequence, and for which no object-detected image exists between said two object-detected images within the image sequence, as the number of images between said two object-detected images within the image sequence, which are not object-detected images,wherein the apparatus furthermore comprises a receiving interface, a detection queue, a tracking queue and a queue controller,wherein the receiving interface is configured to receive the plurality of images of the image sequence, and wherein the receiving interface is configured to store at least some of the images of the image sequence within the detection queue,wherein the queue controller is configured to move one or more images, being stored in the detection queue, from the detection queue to the tracking queue depending on whether object detection on one of the images of the image sequence conducted by the object detector is completed, andwherein the object tracker is configured to conduct object tracking on one of the images being stored in the tracking queue, depending on whether images are stored in the tracking queue.
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing object information based on an image sequence including a plurality of images is provided. The apparatus includes an object detector for conducting object detection on three or more images of the plurality of images of the image sequence to obtain the object information, wherein each image of the image sequence on which object detection is conducted, is an object-detected image of the image sequence, and wherein each image of the image sequence on which object detection is not conducted, is not an object-detected image of the image sequence. Moreover, the apparatus includes an object tracker for conducting object tracking on one or more images of the image sequence to obtain the object information.
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1. An apparatus for providing object information based on an image sequence comprising a plurality of images, wherein the apparatus comprises:
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an object detector for conducting object detection on three or more images of the plurality of images of the image sequence to acquire a result of the object detection as the object information, wherein each image of the image sequence on which object detection is conducted, is an object-detected image of the image sequence, and wherein each image of the image sequence on which object detection is not conducted, is not an object-detected image of the image sequence, and an object tracker for conducting object tracking on one or more images of the image sequence to acquire a result of the object tracking as the object information, wherein the object detector is adapted to conduct object detection and the object tracker is adapted to conduct object tracking such that an object detection distance is different for at least two pairs of two object-detected images of the image sequence, wherein the object detection distance is defined for each pair of two object-detected images of the image sequence, for which at least one image exists between said two object-detected images within the image sequence, and for which no object-detected image exists between said two object-detected images within the image sequence, as the number of images between said two object-detected images within the image sequence, which are not object-detected images, wherein the apparatus furthermore comprises a receiving interface, a detection queue, a tracking queue and a queue controller, wherein the receiving interface is configured to receive the plurality of images of the image sequence, and wherein the receiving interface is configured to store at least some of the images of the image sequence within the detection queue, wherein the queue controller is configured to move one or more images, being stored in the detection queue, from the detection queue to the tracking queue depending on whether object detection on one of the images of the image sequence conducted by the object detector is completed, and wherein the object tracker is configured to conduct object tracking on one of the images being stored in the tracking queue, depending on whether images are stored in the tracking queue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for providing object information based on an image sequence comprising a plurality of images, wherein the method comprises:
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conducting object detection on three or more images of the plurality of images of the image sequence to acquire a result of the object detection as the object information, wherein each image of the image sequence on which object detection is conducted, is an object-detected image of the image sequence, and wherein each image of the image sequence on which object detection is not conducted, is not an object-detected image of the image sequence, and conducting object tracking on one or more images of the image sequence to acquire a result of the object tracking as the object information, wherein object detection and object tracking is conducted such that an object detection distance is different for at least two pairs of two object-detected images of the image sequence, wherein the object detection distance is defined for each pair of two object-detected images of the image sequence, for which at least one image exists between said two object-detected images within the image sequence, and for which no object-detected image exists between said two object-detected images within the image sequence, as the number of images between said two object-detected images within the image sequence, which are not object-detected images, wherein the method further comprises; receiving the plurality of images of the image sequence, storing at least some of the images of the image sequence within a detection queue, moving one or more images, being stored in the detection queue, from the detection queue to a tracking queue depending on whether object detection on one of the images of the image sequence conducted by the object detector is completed, and conducting object tracking on one of the images being stored in the tracking queue, depending on whether images are stored in the tracking queue. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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