Tracking apparatus
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1. Target tracking apparatus including:
- input means, for receiving from an imager, a first set of data which comprises an image representing a viewed scene containing a target to be tracked, and for generating a second set of data which comprises a reference patch defining an area within said viewed scene containing the target;
template generating means for receiving said second set of data and for generating a third set of data which comprises a binary template representing the target;
and correlator means for receiving said first, second and third sets of data and for performing a multiplicative correlation process on said first, second and third sets of data and for generating a fix point representing the position of the target within said viewed scene.
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Abstract
Apparatus suitable for tracking a road vehicle from an aerial platform uses a correlator (5) for processing data received from a thermal imager (1). The apparatus derives a binary template for use by the correlator (5), the template (13) being based on points of high curvature (12) in an object to be tracked. The invention shows a significant reduction in mistracking and drift compared with conventional correlation trackers under the conditions of high density of features similar in nature to the object of interest, such as typifies the imagery obtained from a ground-pointing camera mounted on an aerial platform.
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1. Target tracking apparatus including:
- input means, for receiving from an imager, a first set of data which comprises an image representing a viewed scene containing a target to be tracked, and for generating a second set of data which comprises a reference patch defining an area within said viewed scene containing the target;
template generating means for receiving said second set of data and for generating a third set of data which comprises a binary template representing the target; and correlator means for receiving said first, second and third sets of data and for performing a multiplicative correlation process on said first, second and third sets of data and for generating a fix point representing the position of the target within said viewed scene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- input means, for receiving from an imager, a first set of data which comprises an image representing a viewed scene containing a target to be tracked, and for generating a second set of data which comprises a reference patch defining an area within said viewed scene containing the target;
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4. Target tracking apparatus including:
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input means, for receiving from an imager, a first set of data which comprises an image representing a viewed scene containing a target to be tracked, and for generating a second set of data which comprises a reference patch defining an area within said viewed scene containing the target; template generating means for receiving said second set of data and for generating a third set of data which comprises a binary template representing the target; and correlator means for receiving said second and third sets of data and for performing a subtractive correlation between said second and third sets of data and for generating a fix point representing the position of the target within said viewed scene. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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