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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1997
Hironobu Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Junshiro Kanda, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Wakimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A moving image anchor setting apparatus for setting an anchor to a moving image including a frame specification portion for specifying a first frame from among a plurality of frames constituting the moving image; an anchor setting portion for setting an anchor by selecting a particular region overlapping a target object within the first frame to be an anchor region; and an anchor estimating portion for determining anchor information for a second frame by performing pattern matching utilizing an image of the first frame, the anchor information of the first frame, and an image of the second frame.