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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Wataru Ito, Kodaira, JP;
Shinya Ogura, Kodaira, JP;
Hirotada Ueda, Kokubunji, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In object detection method and apparatus, a detection image related to a binary image obtained by subtracting a background image from an input image delivered from an image-pickup device is displayed on the display screen of a display unit, responsive to an operation done by an operator who determines that at least one object in the displayed detection image is a region to be excluded from object detection, the region of the object is set as a masking region automatically and thereafter, object detection is performed in respect of individual input images while performing masking in the masking region.