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
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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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Abstract
A moving image anchor setting apparatus for setting an anchor to a moving image including a frame specification portion for specifying 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.
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1. A moving image anchor setting apparatus for setting an anchor to a moving image, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A moving image anchor setting apparatus for inputting a moving image and setting an anchor to the moving image, comprising:
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a frame determination section for determining a start frame and an end frame of an anchor setting period from among a plurality of frames constituting the moving image inputted; an anchor setting section for, when an anchor region is specified in a standard frame in the anchor setting period, setting anchor information to the standard frame as information relating to the anchor region; and an anchor estimating section for estimating anchor information for a non-standard frame based on the anchor information set for a standard frame; wherein the frame determination section determines a standard frame with the earliest time as a start frame and a standard frame with the latest time as an end frame when a plurality of standard frames are specified in an anchor setting period.
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12. A moving image anchor setting apparatus for inputting a moving image and setting an anchor to the moving image, comprising:
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a frame determination section for determining a start frame and an end frame of an anchor setting period from among a plurality of frames constituting the moving image inputted; an anchor setting section for, when an anchor region is specified in a standard frame in the anchor setting period, setting anchor information to the standard frame as information relating to the anchor region; and an anchor estimating section for estimating anchor information for a non-standard frame based on the anchor information set for a standard frame; wherein the frame determination section detects a frame wherein a target included in a standard frame appears and a frame where the target disappears from among frames preceding or subsequent to the standard frame so as to determine the former frame as a start frame and the latter frame as an end frame.
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