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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Postech Academy-industry Foundation, Pohang-si, KR;
Tae-gyu Lim, Seoul, KR;
Bo-hyung Han, Pohang-si, KR;
Joon-hee Han, Pohang-si, KR;
Seung-hoon Hong, Pohang-si, KR;
Han-tak Kwak, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-bum Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Woo-sung Shim, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, Pohang-si, KR;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus is provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imager configured to record an external image, a region determiner configured to divide a recorded previous image frame and a recorded current image frame into pluralities of regions, calculate a moving direction and a distance of each of the plurality of regions in the current image frame corresponding to each of the plurality of regions in the previous image frame, and determine a background and an object by applying a preset background model and object model based on the calculated moving direction and distance, and a posture determiner configured to determine body parts of the determined object based on a body part model, and determine a posture of the object by combining the determined body parts.