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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoichiro Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 7/194 (2017.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01); G06T 7/215 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/277 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6215 (2013.01); G06T 7/194 (2017.01); G06T 7/215 (2017.01); G06T 7/248 (2017.01); G06T 7/277 (2017.01); H04N 5/2226 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 9/735 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20072 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01);
Abstract
An object tracking device and method and image shooting apparatus are provided. The object tracking device includes a processor and a memory, wherein the processor includes an image preprocessing module; a super-pixel matching module; and a background masking module configured to mask a super-pixel image having a matching area, in order to obtain a super-pixel masked image whose background area outside of the matching area is masked. The present invention is able to eliminate obstacles from a output area by a way of background masking, accurately and stably tracking the object.