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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
Yanlin Guo, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Harpreet Sawhney, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Rakesh Kumar, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Ying Shan, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Steve Hsu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yanlin Guo, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Harpreet Sawhney, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Rakesh Kumar, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Ying Shan, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Steve Hsu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for tracking a movable object using a plurality of images, each of which is separated by an interval of time is disclosed. The plurality of images includes first and second images. The method and apparatus include elements for aligning the first and second images as a function of (i) at least one feature of a first movable object captured in the first image, and (ii) at least one feature of a second movable object captured in the second image; and after aligning the first and second images, comparing at least one portion of the first image with at least one portion of the second image.