Patent ID: 7184574
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: G01S,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A tracking apparatus for tracking an object within images, the tracking apparatus comprising: a control station, said control station selects an object to be tracked in an image and determines object information, and a sensing unit having an image sensor, said sensing unit captures a series of images in a scene having at least one object over a period of time, and tracks said object based on said object information, said sensing unit being remotely located from and communicating with said control station by means of a communication link, wherein said sensing unit retains in memory and transmits said series of images to said control station, wherein said control station provides said object information to said sensing unit, according to an earlier image from said series of images, and wherein said sensing unit identifies and locates said object in said earlier image using said object information, scans through subsequent images of said series of images retained in memory, and locates said object in each of said subsequent images, locates said object in a latest available image and directs said image sensor according to the location of said object in said latest available image.