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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Masaru Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Otsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image-signal processing apparatus configured to track an object moving in an image includes a setting unit configured to set an eliminating area in an image constituting a moving image; a motion-vector detecting unit configured to detect an object in the image constituting a moving image and detect a motion vector corresponding to the object using an area excluding the eliminating area in the image; and an estimating unit configured to estimate a position to which the object moves on the basis of the detected motion vector.