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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takayuki Sakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Kageyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348169 ; 348172 ;
Abstract
In a target tracking system being capable of tracking a target object certainly, color change by illumination is absorbed through color judgment from R-Y and B-Y with forecast coefficients, not hue, and is forcibly switched the forecast coefficient of the luminance signal, so that a black and white target can be tracked certainly. Further, the evaluation is performed without the effect from small object in the image, and the center of gravity of the alteration amount is evaluated, so that the position can be detected even when the television camera is moving, and improving the tracking efficiency of target object.