Object identification in a moving video image
US6205231A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 10, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/20
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A moving object identification method (10) for identifying and tracing an object (20) within a video image (14) such that the object (20) can act as a hot spot (30) as for an interactive computer/user interface (70). A plurality of tags (28) define the edges (26) of the object (20) and a plurality of hot spot borders (32) define the hot spot (30) such that the hot spot (30) and the object (20) generally coincide. A physical tag (28b) is optionally used to position the tags (28). Sensitivity to disappearance of the edges (26) is adjustable according to the relative size of a subtag (68) to the corresponding tag (28).
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