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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Olympus Imaging Corp., Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hisashi Yoneyama, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00664 (2013.01); G06K 9/00261 (2013.01); G06K 9/00268 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tracking apparatus includes a grouping setting unit, a tracking feature detection unit, a tracking unit. The grouping setting unit groups a plurality of focus detection areas with an in-focus state. The tracking feature detection unit detects a feature amount of the tracking target in areas of the groups grouped. The tracking unit tracks the tracking target in accordance with a first or second tracking position depending on the number of the set groups.
Yoneyama, Hisashi. (2016). Tracking apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 9317748). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9317748
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