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7035430 Intruding object detection method and intruding object monitor apparatus which automatically set a threshold for object detection  
A monitoring method and apparatus for detecting an intruding object within a monitoring field of view by applying a subtraction method to an image obtained from an imaging device. A differential...
7035418 Method and apparatus for determining sound source  
Provided in accordance with the invention are a sound source identifying apparatus and method whereby objects as sound sources can be determined as to their locations with higher accuracy by using...
7030905 Real-time method and apparatus for tracking a moving object experiencing a change in direction  
A method and apparatus for tracking an object using one or more video cameras together with a plurality of microphones and/or geophones, whereby accurate tracking of the object can be obtained even...
7024020 Apparatus and method for generating object-labeled image in video sequence  
An apparatus and method for generating object-labeled images based on query images in a video sequence are provided. A video sequence is divided into a plurality of shots, each of which consists of...
7020336 Identification and evaluation of audience exposure to logos in a broadcast event  
Method and system of detecting and analyzing the presence of a logo in one or more datastreams. In the method, at least one video datastream of an event is first received. Next, one or more regions...
7005970 Officiating system  
According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed. The method includes events based on observations extracted from input data and an event model. Input data from an event is fed into the system...
7003783 Method and device for providing downloaded objects to an application  
A method and device for providing downloaded objects to an application including downloading from a received transport stream a module containing an object requested by an application, storing the...
7003136 Plan-view projections of depth image data for object tracking  
Object tracking systems and methods are described. In one aspect, a three-dimensional point cloud is generated from a time series of video frames and partitioned into a set of vertically-oriented...
7002617 Coordinated audio and visual omnidirectional recording  
A surveillance system featuring a camera that is directed to focus on a location where a noise has been generated and display an image of the location. The system includes an omnidirectional camera...
6999600 Video scene background maintenance using change detection and classification  
Video is processed by maintaining a background model for the video, detecting a target in the video, detecting if the target is a stationary target, and classifying the stationary target as an...
6998987 Integrated RFID and video tracking system  
A video surveillance system is integrated with an RFID tracking system. The calibration of the RFID tracking system is enhanced by using information provided by the video surveillance system....
6995788 System and method for camera navigation  
A system and method for camera navigation that provides a player with an unobstructed, non-disorienting view of a target. The system includes a memory for storing a camera navigation/control model,...
6993157 Dynamic image processing method and device and medium  
A motion image processing method and device for authenticating a user using a specific device, using motion information of an object. Time series monochrome images, obtained by photographing an...
6993156 System and method for statistically comparing and matching plural sets of digital data  
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for statistically comparing a first set of digital data to at least a second set of digital data and matching the first set of digital data...
6993158 Device for and method of automatically tracking a moving object  
An automatic moving object tracking device and a method thereof are capable of tracking a moving object through a signal process of an input image signal of each frame. The moving object tracking...
6990681 Enhancing broadcast of an event with synthetic scene using a depth map  
A broadcast of an event is enhanced with synthetic scenes generated from audio visual and supplemental data received in the broadcast. A synthetic scene is integrated into the broadcast in...
6985620 Method of pose estimation and model refinement for video representation of a three dimensional scene  
The present invention is embodied in a video flashlight method. This method creates virtual images of a scene using a dynamically updated three-dimensional model of the scene and at least one video...
6985172 Model-based incident detection system with motion classification  
Surveillance apparatus and methods effective for detecting incidents are based upon improved image processing techniques applied to infrared and visible light spectrum images in a time sequence. A...
6985179 Determining image quality for improving object trackability  
A method and apparatus are provided that determine the suitability of an image for use by an object tracking system. According to one embodiment of the present invention an image is preprocessed to...
6982748 Automatically switched camera system with indicator for notifying the next subject of the camera system  
An automatically switched camera system includes sensors for providing data of an image scene having subjects who are behaving in a manner which make them potential targets of the camera system, a...
6980229 System for precise rotational and positional tracking  
A system for tracking a movable structure, comprising: at least one fiducial; and at least one video camera; wherein either the camera or the fiducial is mounted on the movable structure, so that...
6975348 Focusing method for a moving object  
A focusing method for a moving object that involves using a gray histogram and a histogram projection drawing to analyze the serial images taken by a photographic instrument, taking a pattern from...
6975748 Methods and computer-readable medium for navigating between a plurality of discrete images  
In a computer system, methods and computer-readable medium are disclosed for tracking motion of a subject in an activity captured by camera. The camera supplies pluralities of discrete images of...
6970577 Fast fourier transform correlation tracking algorithm with background correction  
An FFT correlation tracker that is capable of effectively tracking targets against non-uniform backgrounds in realtime, includes a background correction implemented using a FFT with the 2-dimension...
6967674 Method and device for detecting and analyzing the reception behavior of people  
The invention relates to a method and device for detecting and analyzing the reception behavior of people in at last one reception room according to visual, audiovisual and/or auditory messages,...
6961443 Occupant sensor  
An occupant sensor incorporates a 3-D imaging system that acquires a 3-D image of an object. The image is segmented to remove unwanted portions and to identify a region-of-interest, and the content...
6961446 Method and device for media editing  
The present media editing device generates media including messages in an easy manner in a communication terminal such as a mobile terminal. Therein, a moving image data storage part stores moving...
6959104 System and method for scanning a region using a low discrepancy sequence  
A system and method for scanning for an object within a region using a Low Discrepancy Sequence scanning scheme. The system may comprise a computer which includes a CPU and a memory medium which is...
6956603 Moving object detecting method, apparatus and computer program product  
Herein disclosed a moving object detecting method of detecting optical flow segments indicative of loci of one or more moving objects apparently moved in a moving picture sequence including a...
6954224 Camera control apparatus and method  
A camera control apparatus and method, in that angles required for cameras to train on a position designated by an operator, are calculated from the designated position and directions in which the...
6953924 Method for extracting an illuminate zone from a photosensor matrix  
A method for extracting an illuminated zone from a matrix of photosensors may include: (a) dividing the matrix into a plurality of search zones, (b) searching for the presence of an active...
6950550 Tracing technique and recording media of object motion  
After stereo image is inputted (S 1 ), the tracing point corresponding to the silhouette of a curved object observed by the stereo image is selected on the basis of the information on the present...
6947073 Apparatus and method for detecting a moving target  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method to detect a moving target. An embodiment of the present invention includes a processor that uses an imaging sensor such as, for example,...
6944315 Method and apparatus for performing scale-invariant gesture recognition  
A gesture recognition process includes tracking an object in two frames of video, determining differences between a location of the object in one frame of the video and a location of the object in...
6940540 Speaker detection and tracking using audiovisual data  
A system and method facilitating object tracking is provided. The system includes an audio model that receives at least two audio input signals and a video model that receives a video input. The...
6940998 System for automated screening of security cameras  
The present invention involves a system for automatically screening closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras for large and small scale security systems, as used for example in parking garages. The...
6937255 Imaging apparatus and method of the same  
An image apparatus and method of the same use a circular marker having two semicircular portions of first and second color areas separated by a center line. An image of a real space including the...
6937763 Method and apparatus for processing information of an object  
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for automatically embedding information of an object in a video picked up by a camera device. A camera device generates imaging position information relating to...
6934591 Figure eight hysteresis control method and follow-up system  
A control system ( 102 ) operates within a dynamic range, and a follow-up system ( 104 ) is commanded to reduce a positional error between the follow-up system and the control system when the...
6914622 Teleconferencing robot with swiveling video monitor  
This invention relates to an apparatus for the projection of a remote conferee's presence into a group meeting environment by using a combination of videoconferencing/teleconferencing and robotics...
6911997 Monitoring system, camera adjusting method and vehicle monitoring system  
To monitor both the surrounding of a vehicle and a place distant therefrom, there is mounted on the vehicle a twin-camera ( 23 ) composed of cameras ( 23 L, 23 R) forming a pair. To properly set...
6911995 Computer vision depth segmentation using virtual surface  
The location of an object in a physical scene is identified with a stereo camera. A virtual surface is identified in the physical scene, and an approximate disparity set is constructed for the...
6909455 System, method and article of manufacture for tracking a head of a camera-generated image of a person  
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for tracking a head portion of a person image in video images. Upon receiving video images, a first head tracking operation is executed for...
6909790 System and method of monitoring moving objects  
A system and method of monitoring moving objects. Once an object appears, the system of the invention automatically decides whether the object requires monitoring. If the answer is affirmative, the...
6894714 Method and apparatus for predicting events in video conferencing and other applications  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for predicting events using acoustic and visual cues. The present invention processes audio and video information to identify one or more (i) acoustic cues, such...
6894716 Method and apparatus for identifying a position of a predetermined object in free space using a video image  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for identifying a position of an object in free space using a video image wherein the object is comprised of at least three equidistantly spaced, co-linear...
6891570 Method and adaptively deriving exposure time and frame rate from image motion  
In a method for determining the frame rate and exposure time for each frame of a video collection, an image capture system acquires at least two successive frames of a scene, separated in time. The...
6885759 Calibration system for vision-based automatic writing implement  
A calibration system for a vision-based automatic writing implement is disclosed. The automatically controlled writing implement is appended to an articulated robot arm. The writing implement draws...
6879704 Image processing apparatus, image processing method and recording medium  
An image processing apparatus for extracting a desired target object from an image which includes the target object, includes a target object identification part identifying the target object from...
6870945 Video object tracking by estimating and subtracting background  
An object is tracked among a plurality of image frames. In an initial frame an operator selects an object. The object is distinguished from the remaining background portion of the image to yield a...