Image processing apparatus
View Patent ↗Provided are an image processing apparatus and method for counting moving objects in an image, the apparatus including: a motion detection unit which detects motion in an image; an object detection unit which detects objects based on the motion detected by the motion detection unit; an outline generation unit which generates at least one reference outline of which a size is adjusted according to a preset parameter based on a location in the image; and a calculation unit which calculates a number of objects having substantially a same size as that of the at least one reference outline from among the objects detected by the object detection unit, wherein the preset parameter is adjusted according to at least one circumstantial parameter.
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a motion detection unit which detects motion in an image;
an object detection unit which detects objects based on the motion detected by the motion detection unit;
an outline generation unit which generates at least one reference outline having a size which is adjusted according to a preset parameter based on a location in the image; and
a calculation unit which calculates a number of objects having a size which is substantially the same as a size of the at least one reference outline from among the objects detected by the object detection unit,
a user interface (UI) generation unit which generates a size-adjusting UI for allowing a user to select one of a preset number of quantized parameters; and
a display unit which displays the image and the size-adjusting UI,
wherein the preset parameter is adjusted according to at least one circumstantial parameter, and
wherein the at least one circumstantial parameter is quantized to the preset number of quantized parameters such that an increase rate of the size of the at least one reference outline is linear with respect to a change between sequential quantized parameters.
2. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one circumstantial parameter is changed according to at least one of a height, an image capturing angle, a zoom ratio, a lens distortion characteristic, and a principal point of a device for capturing the image.
3. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the UI generation unit changes the size-adjusting UI according to a dimension of the at least one circumstantial parameter.
4. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a preset number of the at least one reference outline is displayed on the image according to the at least one circumstantial parameter, and
wherein the at least one circumstantial parameter is selected by the user.
5. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one circumstantial parameter is selected by a user from among a plurality of circumstantial parameters.
6. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a user interface (UI) generation unit which generates a size-adjusting UI operable to select at least one circumstantial parameter for determining a size of at least one reference outline used to detect objects in a captured image; and
a display unit which displays the captured image and the size-adjusting UI,
wherein the at least one circumstantial parameter is quantized to a preset number of quantized parameters such that an increase rate of the size of the at least one reference outline is linear with respect to a change between sequential quantized parameters, and
wherein the size-adjusting UI is operable to allow a user to select values corresponding to a dimension of the at least one circumstantial parameter.
7. The image processing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the display unit displays a preset number of the at least one reference outline.
8. The image processing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the size of the at least one reference outline is changeable based on a location in the captured image.
9. A method of counting the number of moving objects in an image captured by a motion-detecting image processing apparatus, the method comprising:
detecting motion in the captured image;
detecting objects in the captured image based on the motion detected in the captured image;
generating at least one reference outline of which a size is adjusted according to a preset parameter based on a location in the captured image; and
calculating a number of objects having a size which is substantially the same as the a size of the at least one reference outline from among the objects detected in the captured image,
generating a size-adjusting user interface (UI), which is operable to allow a user to select one of a preset number of quantized parameters; and
displaying the captured image and the size-adjusting UI,
wherein the preset parameter is adjusted according to at least one circumstantial parameter, and
wherein the at least one circumstantial parameter is quantized to the preset number of quantized parameters such that an increase rate of the size of the at least one reference outline is linear with respect to a change between sequential quantized parameters.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one circumstantial parameter is changed according to at least one of a height, an image capturing angle, a zoom ratio, a lens distortion characteristic, and a principal point of a device which captures the image.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the size-adjusting UI is changeable according to a dimension of the at least one circumstantial parameter.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein a preset number of the at least one reference outline is displayed on the captured image according to the at least one circumstantial parameter, and
wherein the at least one circumstantial parameter is selected by the user.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one circumstantial parameter is selected by a user from among a plurality of circumstantial parameters.