Moving-target tracking apparatus
First Claim
1. A moving-target tracking apparatus wherein an original picture image, which consists of a plurality of frames sequentially continued, photographed with a scene including at least one moving object, is inputted and a moving-target selected from among moving objects projected on the original picture image is tracked, said moving-target tracking apparatus comprising:
- a first correlation value distribution operational unit for determining a distribution of a first correlation value between a color template to be compared with the moving-target projected on a color separation image constituting the original picture image, and the color separation image;
a differential processing unit for spatially differentiating the original picture image to determine a differential image;
a second correlation value distribution operational unit for determining a distribution of a second correlation value between a differential template to be compared with the moving-target projected on the differential image, and the differential image;
a motion prediction value distribution operational unit for determining a distribution of a motion prediction value representative of a probability of existence of the moving-target in accordance with a past motion of the moving-target;
an evaluation value distribution operational unit for determining an evaluation value through merging the first correlation value, the second correlation value and the motion prediction value to determine a distribution of the evaluation value representative of an existing position of the moving-target; and
a position detecting unit for detecting the existing position of the moving-target in accordance with the distribution of the evaluation value determined in said evaluation value distribution operational unit.
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Abstract
In a moving-target tracking apparatus for tracking a target moving in a dynamic picture image, color information, differential information and target position information based on a prediction for a motion according to the past motion are detected in the form of two-dimensional map. These maps are merged into a single map. A target position is detected in accordance with the merged map. Thus, an operational ability on a real-time basis and a tracking performance are improved.
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1. A moving-target tracking apparatus wherein an original picture image, which consists of a plurality of frames sequentially continued, photographed with a scene including at least one moving object, is inputted and a moving-target selected from among moving objects projected on the original picture image is tracked, said moving-target tracking apparatus comprising:
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a first correlation value distribution operational unit for determining a distribution of a first correlation value between a color template to be compared with the moving-target projected on a color separation image constituting the original picture image, and the color separation image; a differential processing unit for spatially differentiating the original picture image to determine a differential image; a second correlation value distribution operational unit for determining a distribution of a second correlation value between a differential template to be compared with the moving-target projected on the differential image, and the differential image; a motion prediction value distribution operational unit for determining a distribution of a motion prediction value representative of a probability of existence of the moving-target in accordance with a past motion of the moving-target; an evaluation value distribution operational unit for determining an evaluation value through merging the first correlation value, the second correlation value and the motion prediction value to determine a distribution of the evaluation value representative of an existing position of the moving-target; and a position detecting unit for detecting the existing position of the moving-target in accordance with the distribution of the evaluation value determined in said evaluation value distribution operational unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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