Patent ID: 8878939
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G01B,G01S,G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A subject tracking apparatus comprising: an image acquisition section that sequentially acquires image frames; a detection section that detects, from the acquired image frames, image data of a subject which is a partial area in at least one of the acquired image frames; a division section that divides the detected image data of the subject into a plurality of first areas; a specification section that specifies, based on a characteristic value of at least one of the first areas, a second area which is similar to at least one of the first areas and which is included in the acquired image frames; and a tracking section that tracks an image area as the subject in the acquired image frames; wherein the specification section comprises: wherein the tracking section tracks the image area determined based on the track candidate area designated by the designation section.