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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2007
Seung-in Noh, Goyang-si, KR;
Jin-keun Seo, Seoul, KR;
Suk-ho Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-gun Woo, Seoul, KR;
Seung-in Noh, Goyang-si, KR;
Jin-keun Seo, Seoul, KR;
Suk-ho Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-gun Woo, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd., Changwon, KR;
Abstract
A photographing apparatus and a method for controlling target tracking are provided. The photographing apparatus includes a target extractor for extracting target information in a present frame based on the difference between a pixel value of one pixel among previous pixels constituting the target of the previous frame in an area adjacent to the present pixel constituting the present frame and a pixel value of the present pixel, and a tracking controller for controlling automatic tracking for the target based on the target information. Accordingly, the target can be extracted more precisely.