Patent Document ID: 20120106797
Application ID: 13380819
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for identifying a moving object in a video, comprising: generating a background frame based on a first frame in the video; generating a foreground frame based on a second frame in the video, wherein the second frame follows the first frame in the video; comparing the foreground frame with the background frame at each corresponding location; acquiring an object area including corresponding locations each having a difference greater than a threshold; determining, using a processor, whether the object area contains a moving object based on one or more of a size and a shape of the object area; when the object area contains a moving object, identifying, using the processor, the moving object; updating, using the processor, the background frame according to the difference between the background and the foreground frames at each corresponding location; generating an other foreground frame based on a third frame in the video, wherein the third frame follows the second frame in the video; and repeating comparing, acquiring, and determining from the updated background frame and the other foreground frame.