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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ryosuke Tsuji, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobushige Wakamatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/23267 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01);
Abstract
A subject tracking apparatus is configured to track a subject in continuously obtained photographic images. In the photographic image, a position of the subject in the photographic image and reliability that represents subject probability are obtained. The position of the subject to a target position in the photographic image is moved a tracking state of the subject is changed on a basis of the reliability.