Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yoshie Ito

Masato Sanno

Aruna Rohra Suda

Takako Takeda

In order to provide a subject tracking device capable of reducing erroneous tracking of a subject, the subject tracking device includes an image acquisition unit configured to sequentially acquire images, a tracking unit configured to track a subject which is detected from the images acquired by the image acquisition unit by comparison between images over a plurality of images which are sequentially acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a switching unit configured to switch a time for continuing tracking in the tracking unit in accordance with a type of the subject detected from the images.

Subject tracking device, subject tracking method, and storage medium

A system capable of automatically generating an answer in response to a query or an instruction such as a letter writing instruction input to the system in the form of a natural language. The system understands the goal of the natural language input and retrieves information from knowledge bases to formulate a plan and an action for achieving the goal.

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Chiba, Japan

Yoshie Ito