US Patent Application 18301320. IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM simplified abstract

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IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Organization Name

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA


Inventor(s)

YUKIHIRO Kogai of Tokyo (JP)

TORU Aida of Tokyo (JP)

YASUSHI Ohwa of Tokyo (JP)

TAKAHIRO Usami of Kanagawa (JP)

HIROYASU Katagawa of Kanagawa (JP)

HIROYUKI Yaguchi of Chiba (JP)

TOMOTAKA Uekusa of Kanagawa (JP)

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18301320 titled 'IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes an image processing apparatus that can track a specific object in an input image.

  • The apparatus acquires the captured image and performs tracking processing to identify the position of the predetermined object in the image.
  • Different matching methods are used for the tracking processing.
  • The apparatus also acquires situation information, which can indicate the state of the predetermined object or the image capture situation.
  • Based on this information, the apparatus switches between using a first tracking unit or a second tracking unit for the tracking processing.
  • The first tracking unit uses a matching method that consumes less power compared to the matching method used by the second tracking unit.


Original Abstract Submitted

An image processing apparatus for tracking an image of a predetermined object included in an input captured image includes acquiring the captured image, executing tracking processing to identify a position of the image of the predetermined object included in the captured image, executing the tracking processing using different matching methods, acquiring situation information indicating a state of the predetermined object and/or an image capture situation of the captured image, and switching, on a basis of the situation information, to executing the tracking processing using either a first tracking unit or a second tracking unit on a basis of the captured image. The matching method used by the first tracking unit has a lower power consumption associated with executing the tracking processing than the matching method used by the second tracking unit.

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