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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2005
Tao Zhao, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Manoj Aggarwal, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Rakesh Kumar, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Harpreet Sawhney, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Tao Zhao, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Manoj Aggarwal, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Rakesh Kumar, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Harpreet Sawhney, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and/or system for tracking objects, such as humans, over a wide area (that is, over an area that is delineated by a large spatial domain and/or a long-duration temporal domain) is provided. Such tracking is facilitated by processing, in real-time, near real-time or otherwise contemporaneous with receiving, images captured by each of a plurality or network of slightly overlapping stereo sensors, such as stereo cameras. The method includes and the apparatus is adapted for obtaining a plurality of local-track segments, wherein the plurality of local-track segments correspond to an object captured in images taken by a respective plurality of stereo sensors; and combining the local-track segments to form a global track.