Patent ID: 8948452
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising one or more processors that function as: an area registration unit configured to register an image in a specific area of a first image included in a moving image as a reference area to be tracked; a setting unit configured to set a first feature amount based on the reference area and set a second feature amount which is obtained by expanding the first feature amount; and an identifying unit configured to identify an area having the highest degree of correlation with the reference area in a second image other than the first image, wherein the identifying unit identifies the area having the highest degree of correlation with the reference area using one of the first feature amount and the second feature amount, wherein the area registration unit updates the reference area using the area having the highest degree of correlation with the reference area identified by the identifying unit, and wherein the identifying unit identifies an area having the highest degree of correlation with the updated reference area in a third image other than the first image and the second image.