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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Yuyu Liu, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Yamaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Yoshigahara, Tokyo, JP;
Xi Chen, Zhejiang Province, CN;
Yuyu Liu, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Yamaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Yoshigahara, Tokyo, JP;
Xi Chen, Zhejiang Province, CN;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: an image pyramid forming section configured to form an image pyramid by hierarchically creating layered image data including differently scaled images from inputted image data; a position calculating section configured to determine an in-image-pyramid position as a height position in the image pyramid to which template image data having an image portion of a target object at a fixed scale corresponds; an upper-layer-side likelihood calculating section configured to determine a likelihood for a target object by matching between upper-side layer image data directly above the in-image-pyramid position, and a state prediction; a lower-layer-side likelihood calculating section configured to determine a likelihood for a target object by matching between lower-side layer image data directly below the in-image-pyramid position, and a state prediction; and a true likelihood calculating section configured to determine a true likelihood from the likelihoods determined by the upper-layer-side and lower-layer-side likelihood calculating sections.