Patent Document ID: 20080100709
Application ID: 11896345
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A target moving object tracking device comprising: a picture image memory configured to store a time series of real picture images taken by a video camera with regard to an inspection zone covering a possible target moving object; a display configured to display selective one or ones of said real picture images at a desired magnification; an outline image processor configured to provide outline images respectively from said real picture images; a template memory configured to store a template image identifying said target moving object; a moving object locator configured to compare each one of said outline images with said template image to detect a partial area of each outline image that matches with the template image, said moving object locator obtaining positional data of the target moving object within the inspection zone based upon the partial area detected to be in match with said template image; enlarged picture generation means configured to extract, based upon said positional data, an enlarged image from a portion of said real picture image corresponding to the partial area of said outline image detected to match with the template image, and to display the enlarged picture image on said display; wherein said moving object locator is configured to extract a moving object outline image from each of said outline images in correspondence to said partial area detected to be in match with said template image, template updating means is provided to update said template image by replacing it with a combination of a current one of said moving object outline images with previous one or ones of said moving object outline image.