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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2014
Lingyan Liang, Beijing, CN;
Lingyan Liang, Beijing, CN;
Ricoh Company, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for tracking an object are disclosed. The method includes determining a first position by a first tracking template and determining a second position by a second tracking template, the first and second tracking templates being formed based on first and second feature sets, respectively, the first feature set being different from the second feature set, and the first feature set and the second feature set including one or more features; and determining a final position based on the first position and the second position, wherein the first tracking template is updated for each of a predetermined number of frames, the second tracking template is updated based on a predetermined rule, the second tracking template and the first tracking template are independently updated, and the update frequency of the second tracking template is lower than the first tracking template.