| US 7,587,065 B2 | ||
| Image analysis method, analyzing movement of an object in image data | ||
| Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Kawasaki (Japan); Osamu Hori, Yokohama (Japan); Takashi Ida, Kawasaki (Japan); and Hidenori Takeshima, Ebina (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 03, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/41,247. | ||
| Application 12/041247 is a division of application No. 10/638806, filed on Aug. 12, 2003, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-281206 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2002; and application No. 2003-136385 (JP), filed on May 14, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0175441 A1, Jul. 24, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—103 [382/107] | 2 Claims |
| 1. An image analysis method comprising:
using a computer to perform the following operations of:
inputting time-series image data;
generating time-series object image data by extracting object regions from the time-series image data, wherein the object
regions are extracted such that differences between frames of the time-series image data are computed, and regions of large
differences are digitized;
computing a position of a center of gravity in each of the object regions, to thereby compute multiple respective centers
of gravity;
synthesizing, for each of the multiple centers of gravity, a respective additional line indicative of the position of a respective
of the multiple centers of gravity, with the object image data; and
analyzing motion of an object from the time-series object image data.
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