IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,328,434
Granted Patent B2
US 11,328,434 · App. 16/490,595 · Granted May 10, 2022

Object tracking device

Inventors: Toshiyuki Terunuma (Ibaraki, JP); Takeji Sakae (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
G06T7/32A61N5/1049G06K9/6234G06T7/246G06T7/55A61N2005/1061
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Patent No.
US 11,328,434
App. No.
16/490,595
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object tracking device includes a superimposed image creation unit configured to create a plurality of superimposed images in which each of a plurality of non-tracking object images which do not include a tracking object image feature is superimposed on a tracking object section image which includes a tracking object image feature; a discriminator creation unit configured to learn at least one of an image feature and position information of the tracking object, based on the plurality of superimposed images to create a discriminator; and a tracking object specifying unit configured to specify at least one of the image feature and the position information of the tracking object in a tracked image including the respective image features of the tracking object and an obstacle, based on the discriminator and the tracked image.

Claims (20)

1. An object tracking device comprising:

a superimposed image creation unit configured to create a plurality of superimposed images in which each of a plurality of non-tracking object images which do not include an image feature of a tracking object is superimposed on a tracking object section image which includes the image feature of the tracking object;

a discriminator creation unit configured to learn at least one of an image feature and position information of the tracking object, based on the plurality of superimposed images to create a discriminator; and

a tracking object specifying unit configured to specify at least one of the image feature and the position information of the tracking object in a tracked image including the image feature of the tracking object, based on the discriminator and the tracked image.

2. The object tracking device according to claim 1 , comprising:

an input unit configured to previously input a teacher image which specifies the image feature of the tracking object; and

the discriminator creation unit configured to learn at least one of the image feature and the position information of the tracking object, based on the plurality of superimposed images and the teacher image to create a discriminator.

3. The object tracking device according to claim 1 , comprising a non-tracking object image edition unit configured to derive the number of non-tracking object images, based on a size of the image feature of the tracking object, a resolution of the image, and a preset tracking accuracy, so as to create the non-tracking object image according to the derived number.

4. The object tracking device according to claim 1 , comprising:

an image separation unit configured to separate and extract the tracking object section image which includes the image feature of the tracking object and the separation non-tracking object image which does not include the image feature of the tracking object, from a learning original image including the image feature of the tracking object;

a non-tracking object image edition unit configured to edit the separation non-tracking object image to create the plurality of edited non-tracking object images; and

the superimposed image creation unit configured to create the superimposed image based on the tracking object section image and the non-tracking object image.

5. The object tracking device according to claim 1 , comprising:

an image separation unit configured to separate and extract the tracking object section image which includes the image feature of the tracking object and the separation non-tracking object image which does not include the image feature of the tracking object, from an original image including the image feature of the tracking object;

an obstacle image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of an obstacle which is not included in the original image and is included in the tracked image;

a non-tracking object image edition unit configured to edit at least one of the separation non-tracking object image and the image of the obstacle to create a plurality of edited non-tracking object images; and

the superimposed image creation unit configured to create the superimposed image based on the tracking object section image and the non-tracking object image.

6. The object tracking device according to claim 4 , comprising the image separation unit configured to separate and extract the tracking object section image and the separation non-tracking object image, from the learning original image including the image feature of the tracking object, based on contrast information of the image feature of the tracking object.

7. The object tracking device according to claim 1 , comprising a tracking accuracy evaluation unit configured to evaluate a tracking accuracy of the tracking object, based on an image for evaluation in which at least one of the image feature and the position information of the tracking object is preset, and the discriminator.

8. The object tracking device according to claim 7 , comprising the discriminator creation unit configured to increase the number of non-tracking object images to recreate the discriminator, when the tracking accuracy by the tracking accuracy evaluation unit does not reach a preset accuracy.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2019
From: TERUNUMA, TOSHIYUKI; SAKAE, TAKEJI
To: UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
Reel/Frame 050253/0411 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-041111 · Mar 3, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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