Patent Document ID: 20100045799
Application ID: 11883420
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for tracking an object appearing in a video sequence comprising a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of pixels, the method comprising; (a) identifying a first object in a first frame and associating therewith a first status parameter indicative of a non-tracking condition; (b) identifying a candidate object in a subsequent frame and determining whether there is a correspondence between the candidate object and the first object; (c) in the event of correspondence, repeating steps (b) and (c) for further subsequent frames until a predetermined number of sequential correspondences are identified; (d) changing the first status parameter to a second status parameter when said sequential correspondences are identified; and (e) in response to the change from first to second status parameter, recording the intra-frame position of said object for subsequent frames.