Patent ID: 6205242
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: G06K,G08G

Abstract:
An image monitor apparatus, comprising:a plurality of image input means for respectively inputting an image based on each different view position in order to input the images of a predetermined plane, an existence area of a monitored object on the predetermined plane being commonly viewed by two of the plurality of image input means;image projection means for projecting each of the plurality of images onto a plane memory corresponding to the predetermined plane;comparison means for comparing projected image data of two images from the two image input means by unit of a predetermined area on the plane memory, and for extracting a plurality of predetermined areas, each area including two different projected image data, from the plane memory;extraction means for detecting two wedge-shaped areas extended from a common starting point along a respective direction from the plurality of predetermined areas, and for extracting the common starting point as a position of the monitored object; andintegration means for integrating a plurality of the positions of the monitored objects respectively extracted from each two wedge-shaped areas including two different projected image data of two images in the plurality of images as the existence area of the monitored objects on the predetermined plane.