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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Benjamin James Stephens, Bradley Stoke, GB;
Yoann Paul Georges Thueux, Torfan, GB;
Mark Lawrence Williams, Bristol, GB;
Benjamin James Stephens, Bradley Stoke, GB;
Yoann Paul Georges Thueux, Torfan, GB;
Mark Lawrence Williams, Bristol, GB;
BAE Systems PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for processing a sequence of images of a scene, the method including: tracking a region of interest in the sequence of images (e.g. using a Self Adaptive Discriminant filter); selecting a particular image in the sequence; selecting a set of images from the sequence, the set having one or more images that precede the particular image in the sequence of images; for each pixel in the region of interest in the particular image, determining a value for a parameter; for each pixel in the region of interest of each image in the set of images, determining a value for the parameters; and comparing a function of the determined values for the region of interest in the particular image to a further function of the determined values for the regions of interest in the images in the set of images.