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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
May. 26, 2005
Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Winchester, GB;
Ratna Rambaruth, Guildford, GB;
Simon Dominic Haynes, Basingstoke, GB;
Jonathan Living, Near Stourbridge, GB;
Clive Henry Gillard, Alton, GB;
Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Winchester, GB;
Ratna Rambaruth, Guildford, GB;
Simon Dominic Haynes, Basingstoke, GB;
Jonathan Living, Near Stourbridge, GB;
Clive Henry Gillard, Alton, GB;
Sony United Kingdom Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Abstract
A video data processing apparatus, that processes video data including a sequence of images, the apparatus including: an object tracker unit configured to detect a presence of one or more objects within an image and to track a detected object across successive images; an identity association unit configured to associate an identity with an object tracked by the object tracker unit; a counter unit configured to, for a first and second identity, count a number of images within which a tracked object associated with the first identity and a tracked object associated with the second identity have both been detected; and a similarity detector unit configured to determine whether two tracked objects are similar in appearance.