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Moving body detection method and apparatus and moving body counting apparatus

US6307951A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 1997
Grant dateOct 23, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T7/262
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A moving body detection method and apparatus which detects moving bodies by processing image data for said moving bodies, including a process in which spatial phases, which are obtained by the operational formula tan.sup.-1 (AS/AC) or cot.sup.-1 (AC/AS) (where AC is a Fourier cosine transformation and AS is a Fourier sine transformation) in a case where image signals obtained as aggregates of picture elements on the basis of picture element data constituting the image data are subjected to a spatial Fourier transformation in a direction which is not perpendicular to a direction of movement of the moving bodies, are calculated in terms of a time series; and then the moving bodies are detected on the basis of changes occurring in the calculated spatial phases.

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