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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Rakuten, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hiromi Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Rakuten, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing method includes: acquiring setting pseudo multipole information on a pseudo multipole (S), the setting pseudo multipole information being set such that color information on poles pand pis related to color information on an object, the poles corresponding to a plurality of points in an image of a single predetermined frame; specifying a position of the pseudo multipole in an initial frame and seeking an image of a single frame in the video for the pseudo multipole (S), the pseudo multipole having poles whose colors conform to colors in the color information on the poles in the acquired setting pseudo multipole information, a distance between the poles of the pseudo multipole being equal to or less than a predetermined distance; specifying a position of the found pseudo multipole in the image of the single frame of the video (S); and tracking the object on the basis of the position of the pseudo multipole found from the image of the single frame and the position of the pseudo multipole found from an image of a frame preceding the single frame in a reproduction direction of the video (S).