IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
First Claim
1. An image recognition system for detecting and tracking at least an image portion associated with a predefined object from a moving picture, whereinthe image recognition system is configured to be able to perform:
- an object detection processing step of detecting the object from the moving picture;
a tracking point specification processing step of specifying at least a predetermined point associated with the object as a tracking point;
a tracking target recognition processing step of recognizing an actual tracking target based on the tracking point;
a tracking processing step of tracking the tracking target; and
a determination processing step of determining the type of the tracking target'"'"'s behavior based on a result of the tracking processing step, andthe tracking point specification processing step and the determination processing step are implemented by software, while the object detection processing step, the tracking target recognition processing step, and the tracking processing step are implemented by hardware.
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Abstract
An image recognition system for detecting and tracking at least an image portion associated with a predefined object from a moving picture is configured to be able to perform: an object detection processing step of detecting the object; a tracking point specification processing step of specifying a predetermined point as a tracking point; a tracking target recognition processing step of recognizing an actual tracking target based on the tracking point; a tracking processing step of tracking the tracking target; and a determination processing step of determining the type of the tracking target'"'"'s behavior. The tracking point specification processing step and the determination processing step are implemented by software, while the object detection processing step, the tracking target recognition processing step, and the tracking processing step are implemented by hardware.
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11 Claims
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1. An image recognition system for detecting and tracking at least an image portion associated with a predefined object from a moving picture, wherein
the image recognition system is configured to be able to perform: -
an object detection processing step of detecting the object from the moving picture; a tracking point specification processing step of specifying at least a predetermined point associated with the object as a tracking point; a tracking target recognition processing step of recognizing an actual tracking target based on the tracking point; a tracking processing step of tracking the tracking target; and a determination processing step of determining the type of the tracking target'"'"'s behavior based on a result of the tracking processing step, and the tracking point specification processing step and the determination processing step are implemented by software, while the object detection processing step, the tracking target recognition processing step, and the tracking processing step are implemented by hardware. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A semiconductor integrated circuit performing a processing step of detecting and tracking at least an image portion associated with a predefined object from a moving picture, the semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:
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an object detector configured to perform a processing step of detecting the object from the moving picture, a tracking target recognizer configured to perform a processing step of recognizing at least a predetermined point associated with the object as an actual tracking target, a tracker configured to perform a processing step of tracking the tracking target, a CPU configured to performing a processing step of specifying the predetermined point, and a processing step of determining the type of the tracking target'"'"'s behavior based on a result of tracking obtained by the tracker, a DMA controller configured to transfer data to the object detector, the tracking target recognizer, and the tracker, the data being required by the object detector, the tracking target recognizer and the tracker to perform their respective processing steps, and a data bus configured to couple together the object detector, the tracking target recognizer, the tracker, the CPU, and the DMA controller. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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