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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Izzat H. Izzat, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Mike A. Derrenberger, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Izzat H. Izzat, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Mike A. Derrenberger, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billacourt, FR;
Abstract
An inventive method for video object tracking includes the steps of selecting an object; choosing an object type for the object, and enabling one of multiple object tracking processes responsive to the object type chosen. In a preferred embodiment selecting the object includes one of segmenting the object by using a region, selecting points on the boundary of an object, aggregating regions or combining a selected region and selected points on a boundary of an object. The object tracking processes can be expanded to include tracking processes adapted to newly created object types.