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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Kojima, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiharu Uetani, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device for tracking moving objects includes an image output device outputting first and second images that include a moving object to be tracked. A memory stores image data from the image output device. An image processing device includes local storage and performs a block matching processing comprising evaluating a first block in the first image, dividing the second image into multiple regions, storing image data for a divided region in the local storage unit, determining similarity of the first block to blocks in each of the divided regions in turn, and then determining the similarity of the first and second images according to results obtained for each of the divided regions.