Patent ID: 7409075
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus for extracting an object in an image, comprising; image obtaining means for obtaining image data of a specified image; motion analyzing means for analyzing motion of the object included in the image based on the obtained image data, including frame detecting means for detecting a first frame containing a first frame covered background area that corresponds to a background area that is gradually covered by the object due to frame-to-frame apparent movement of the object and for detecting a last frame containing a last frame uncovered background area that corresponds to a background area that gradually changes from being covered by the object to being uncovered by the object due to the apparent frame-to-frame movement of the object; means for prompting a user to input a first frame contour of a first subset of the contour of the object to be extracted within the first frame covered background area and to input a last frame contour of a second subset of the contour of the object to be extracted within the last frame uncovered background area, respectively, wherein the first subset differs from the second subset and neither the first subset nor the second subset includes the entire contour of the object; and object extracting means for extracting the object from a plurality of frames from the first frame to the last frame based on the respective first and last frame contours.