Patent ID: 6108033
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G08B,H04N

Abstract:
A video image monitoring method for monitoring an object to be picked up by image pick-up means, comprising:a first step for producing a difference between an input image and a background image, in order to obtain the image of said object, said input image including said background image and the image of said object to be monitored from said image pick-up means;a second step for dividing the image of said object into a plurality of parts to produce a plurality of divided images of said object, each of which is a template;a third step for matching each of said templates with a new input image and detecting a plurality of parts of said new input image having highest degrees of matching with said templates; anda fourth step for updating said templates using said parts of said new image having said highest degrees of matching as a plurality of new templates, wherein said fourth step is sequentially executed for new input images to sequentially update said templates to trace said object.