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Apparatus and method for motion detection in video

US9001207B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 2011
Grant dateApr 7, 2015
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/55
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motion detection method of a video camera includes calculating differences for a sum of accumulated differences (ΔSAD) for corresponding macro blocks in successive frames of video. The method may include identifying motion-generative macroblocks and regions of connected macroblocks. Candidate-motion regions may be defined in a frame and a bounding box may be formed around each of the candidate-motion regions. If corresponding bounding boxes in a plurality of successive frames have substantially the same location, size, and shape in the plurality of successive frames, and if the plurality of successive frames are in a temporal window of successive frames, then the corresponding bounding boxes may indicate motion.

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