Patent ID: 8009203
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital photographing apparatus comprising: an image pickup device which generates data from incident light; a mask preparer which prepares a mask having the same size as a reference image that is smaller than a current frame image, the mask to be applied to the current frame image to search for a target image that matches the reference image in the current frame image; a matching data obtainer which obtains a plurality of pieces of matching data by applying the mask to a plurality of matching images having the same size as the reference image, the plurality of matching images being parts of the current frame image; and a target image determiner which determines one of the matching images as a target image by using the matching data, wherein the mask preparer prepares at least one of: a color mask which, when applied to one matching image of the current frame image, gives a weight W a difference mask which, when applied to one matching image of the current frame image, gives a weight W a resize mask which, when applied to one matching image of the current frame image, gives a weight W