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Moving image anchoring apparatus which estimates the movement of an anchor based on the movement of the object with which the anchor is associated utilizing a pattern matching technique

  • US 6,144,972 A
  • Filed: 01/22/1997
  • Issued: 11/07/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A moving image anchor setting apparatus for setting an anchor to a moving image, comprising:

  • a frame specification portion for specifying at least a first frame from among a plurality of frames constituting the moving image;

    an anchor setting portion for setting an anchor by selecting a particular region overlapping a target object within the first frame to be an anchor region; and

    an anchor estimating portion for determining anchor information for a second frame by performing pattern matching utilizing an image of the first frame, the anchor information of the first frame, and an image of the second frame;

    wherein the frame specification portion detects a former frame wherein the target object included in the first frame appears and a latter frame where the target object disappears from among frames preceding or subsequent to the first frame so as to designate the former frame as a start frame of an anchor setting period and the latter frame as an end frame of the anchor setting period.

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