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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2009
Myung-seok an, Changwon, KR;
Hong-seok Choi, Changwon, KR;
In-su Kim, Changwon, KR;
Seok-ho Jeon, Changwon, KR;
Myung-Seok An, Changwon, KR;
Hong-Seok Choi, Changwon, KR;
In-Su Kim, Changwon, KR;
Seok-Ho Jeon, Changwon, KR;
Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd., Changwon, KR;
Abstract
A digital photographing apparatus, a tracking method, and a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the tracking method are provided which effectively determine a target image as a partial image corresponding to a reference image in a frame image. The digital photographing apparatus includes: an image pickup device; a mask preparer which prepares a mask having the same size as a reference image that is smaller than a current frame image; a matching data obtainer which obtains a plurality of pieces of matching data by applying the mask to a plurality of matching images having the same size as the reference image; and a target image determiner which determines one of the matching images as a target image by using the matching data.