KR102029741B1 - Method and system of tracking object - Google Patents
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Abstract
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an object in an image is tracked by displaying a combination of position coordinates acquired through a position tracking device held by the object, thereby enabling tracking to a point to which the object is to be moved. To a method and system.
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According to an embodiment of the present invention, an object in an image is tracked by displaying a combination of position coordinates obtained through a position tracking device held by the object, thereby enabling tracking of the movement of the object in the image. To a method and system.
The object tracking model using a conventional camera is a method of comparing and analyzing data of a previous frame and data of a current frame collected from a camera in real time, extracting the degree of change, and tracking the position of an object through image processing. .
However, the conventional object tracking model has a limitation that requires a great deal of calculation processing to process the information in real time. In addition, the conventional object tracking model has a problem that it is virtually impossible to separate and track the object when the object overlaps in the image or the size of the object is small.
Therefore, there is an urgent need for a technology that can accurately track the position of an object from the video information of a plurality of objects moving in real time.
In one embodiment of the present invention, by receiving the position-related information of the object from the location tracking device attached to the object, and applying it to the image information of the object, to accurately track the position of the object in the image moving For that purpose.
In addition, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to quickly recognize the current position of the object by combining the video information of the camera and the real-time movement information of the object including the location tracking device.
In addition, the present invention, in order to solve the conventional problem that it is difficult to track the position of a plurality of objects due to the problem of overlap between the objects in the image information, receives the position-related information of the object from the position tracking device attached to the object, It aims to map the location of each object by mapping with the object of the video information.
In order to achieve the above object, a method for tracking an object comprises: extracting an object from image information, receiving a position coordinate regarding the extracted object, and information about the extracted object; Combining the position coordinates, it may include the step of tracking the integrated position information for the object.
In addition, the object tracking system according to the present invention, the object extraction unit for extracting the object from the image information, the position information receiving unit for receiving the position coordinates of the extracted object, the information about the extracted object and the reception Combining the position coordinates, it may include an object tracking unit for tracking the integrated position information for the object.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, by receiving the position-related information of the object from the position tracking device attached to the object, and applying it to the image information photographed by the object, it is possible to accurately track the position of the object movement have.
In addition, according to the present invention, by combining the image information of the camera and the real-time movement information of the object including the location tracking device, it is possible to quickly recognize the current position of the object.
In addition, according to the present invention, by receiving the position-related information of the object from the position tracking device attached to the object, and mapping the object with the information of the image information, the position tracking for the plurality of objects due to the overlapping problem between the objects in the image information This difficulty of the conventional problem can be solved.
1 is a block diagram illustrating an object tracking system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of mapping the position coordinates of an object to a coordinate system according to the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of tracking an object in image information according to the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of tracking an object in detail according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the contents described in the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited or limited to the embodiments.
As used herein, the term 'object' may refer to an external object in which a gaze focus of the camera is formed, such as an object such as a human or an animal or a moving moving object. In particular, in the present specification, an object included in the image information and having information value may mean the object.
For example, the object in the image information generated by the camera photographing the urban landscape may be a city citizen walking the street of the city while occupying a certain area in the image information. Street trees, street lamps, and the like, which occupy a small area in the video information and are fixed to a distant background, are not referred to as objects.
The image information generated by the camera may include, in addition to the main object to be mainly captured, a sub-object photographed together with the main object.
In consideration of this, the object tracking system of the present invention, regardless of the main object and the sub-object, receives the position coordinates from the individual object equipped with the position tracking device, and analyzes the environment, thereby tracking the path that each object moves To make it possible.
1 is a block diagram illustrating an object tracking system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, the
First, the
For example, from the image information generated by being photographed based on the urban citizen A who walks on the street in the background of the urban landscape, the
The technique of extracting an object from image information may include an extraction method using contour information of the object, an extraction method using main feature points of the object, a 3D model-based or region-based extraction method, and the like. 110 effectively extracts the object from the image information by utilizing the known techniques effectively.
The
In addition, the method for requesting location information may include, for example, a method of requesting and receiving an event and a method of transmitting a signal at a predetermined time interval by the location tracking device.
Hereinafter, a description will be given of requesting an event and sending an absolute coordinate from the location tracking device. However, this is for convenience of description and does not limit the configuration of obtaining location information.
For example, the location
The reception time may be freely set by the practitioner of the present invention and may be set at a predetermined periodic interval after the generation of the object tracking request.
The location tracking device may be a device that tracks a location using an algorithm capable of tracking the location, including wireless communication.
The position tracking device may be held and mounted on an object, and calculate the position coordinates of the object, for example, according to the occurrence of the object tracking request in the object tracking system of the present invention.
As an example of receiving the position coordinates of an object, the
In addition, the location tracking apparatus may further include generating a signal and detecting the signal in the
For example, with respect to the image information related to the above-described urban landscape, the
The
The coordinate system may be a coordinate system that divides the plane of the image information, for example, horizontally and vertically by n (where n is a natural number), and assigns arbitrary coordinate values to each of the contacts formed according to the equality, so that the position can be specified. have. For example, the
In the above description, the reference point of the coordinate system is referred to as an installation position where a camera is installed. However, according to an exemplary embodiment, the
In addition, the
In the step of extracting an object from the image information, a plurality of object information in which a position calculation is performed in the image information by combining an object from the plurality of image information and position coordinates of the extracted plurality of objects. In the case of mapping, a wide area image may be configured for the plurality of objects.
In the tracking of the integrated location information of the object, a multi-dimensional image may be formed by combining the information about the extracted object and the location coordinates.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of mapping the position coordinates of an object to a coordinate system according to the present invention.
In Fig. 2, A, B, and C, which are object illustrations, are extracted from the video information, and the reception time # 1 and the reception time # are extracted by the position
As shown in FIG. 2, the
For A, which is an object city, the
Thereafter, the
Similarly, for the object city B that accompanies the object city A, the
Subsequently, the
In the video information, for the object city C, which is located opposite to the city A, the
Subsequently, the
Through this, the object tracking system of the present invention receives the position-related information of the object from the position tracking device attached to the object, and applies it to the image information of the object, thereby accurately correcting the position of the object currently moving Can be traced
According to an exemplary embodiment, the
The
In addition, the
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of tracking an object in image information according to the present invention.
3A illustrates a process of extracting an object from the
In FIG. 3B, a process of receiving the position coordinates of the
Thereafter, the
In FIG. 3C, the
Accordingly, the
Hereinafter, the workflow of the object tracking system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of tracking an object in detail according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The method for tracking an object according to the present embodiment may be performed by the
The
The technique for extracting an object from the image information, which can be used in this
Next, the
In relation to receiving the position coordinates of the object, the
In addition, the
That is, the
In an extended embodiment, the
In addition, the
According to the present invention, by receiving the position-related information of the object from the position tracking device attached to the object, and applying it to the image information photographed by the object, precisely track the position of the current movement and the position to be moved can do.
In addition, according to the present invention, by combining the real-time movement information of the object including the location tracking device with the image information of the camera, it is possible to quickly recognize the current position of the object.
In addition, according to the present invention, by receiving the position-related information of the object from the position tracking device attached to the object, and mapping the object with the information of the image information, the position tracking for the plurality of objects due to the overlapping problem between the objects in the image information This difficulty of the conventional problem can be solved.
The method according to the embodiment may be embodied in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the embodiments, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.
Although the embodiments have been described by the limited embodiments and the drawings as described above, various modifications and variations are possible to those skilled in the art from the above description. For example, the described techniques may be performed in a different order than the described method, and / or components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc. may be combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or other components. Or even if replaced or substituted by equivalents, an appropriate result can be achieved.
Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are within the scope of the claims that follow.
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110: object extraction unit 120: location information receiver
130: object tracking unit 135: camera database
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Receiving a position coordinate with respect to the extracted object;
Retrieving an installation location where a camera for generating the image information from the camera database is installed, as camera location coordinates;
Setting a coordinate system using the retrieved camera position coordinates as a reference point on the image information; And
Mapping the received position coordinates on the coordinate system to track integrated position information for the object.
How to track the object in the image information comprising a.
Extracting a plurality of objects from the plurality of image information; And
Composing a wide-area image for the plurality of objects in combination with the coordinates of the extracted plurality of objects;
How to track the object in the image information further comprising.
Composing a multi-dimensional image by combining the information about the extracted object and the received position coordinates;
How to track the object within the image information, including more.
Setting a coordinate system having a singular point in the image information as a reference point on the image information, and mapping the received position coordinates on the coordinate system;
How to track the object in the image information further comprising.
Tracking integrated location information for the object,
Tracking integrated position information on the object by calculating at least one of a moving direction and a moving speed of the object.
How to track the object in the image information comprising a.
Receiving the position coordinates,
Receiving, as the position coordinates, coordinates for the object calculated in association with the position tracking device held in the object.
How to track the object in the image information comprising a.
Displaying the received position coordinates on the image information in association with the object.
How to track the object in the image information further comprising.
Displaying the tracked integrated location information on at least one of a symbol and a picture in the image information in association with the object.
How to track the object in the image information further comprising.
A location information receiver configured to receive location coordinates of the extracted object; And
In the camera database, an installation position where a camera for generating the image information is installed is searched as a camera position coordinate, and a coordinate system whose reference point is the retrieved camera position coordinate is set on the image information, and on the coordinate system, An object tracking unit that maps position coordinates and tracks integrated position information of the object.
Object tracking system comprising a.
When a plurality of objects are extracted from a plurality of image information by the object extracting unit,
The object tracking unit,
Combining the position coordinates of the extracted plurality of objects, to form a wide image for the plurality of objects
Object tracking system.
The object tracking unit,
Combining the information about the extracted object and the received position coordinates to form a multi-dimensional image
Object tracking system.
The object tracking unit,
A coordinate system having a singular point in the image information as a reference point is set on the image information, and the received position coordinates are mapped onto the coordinate system.
Object tracking system.
The object tracking unit,
Computing at least one of the moving direction and the moving speed of the object to track the integrated position information for the object
Object tracking system.
The location information receiver,
Receiving, as the position coordinates, coordinates for the object calculated in association with the location tracking device held in the object.
Object tracking system.
A control processor configured to display the received position coordinates on the image information in association with the object;
Object tracking system further comprising.
A control processor configured to display the tracked integrated position information on at least one of a symbol and a picture in the image information in association with the object;
Object tracking system further comprising.
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