Fast template-based tracking
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09773192B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-26

    申请号:US14732738

    申请日:2015-06-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques to identify and track a pre-identified region-of-interest (ROI) through a temporal sequence of frames/images are described. In general, a down-sampled color gradient (edge map) of an arbitrary sized ROI from a prior frame may be used to generate a small template. This initial template may be used to identify a region of a new or current frame that may be overscan and used to create a current frame's edge map. By comparing the prior frame's template to the current frame's edge map, a cost value or image may be found and used to identify the current frame's ROI center. The size of the current frame's ROI may be found by varying the size of putative new ROIs and testing for their congruence with the prior frame's template. Subsequent ROI's for subsequent frames may be identified to, effectively, track an arbitrarily sized ROI through a sequence of video frames.

    Fast Template-Based Tracking
    2.
    发明申请
    Fast Template-Based Tracking 有权
    快速的基于模板的跟踪

    公开(公告)号:US20160358341A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-08

    申请号:US14732738

    申请日:2015-06-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques to identify and track a pre-identified region-of-interest (ROI) through a temporal sequence of frames/images are described. In general, a down-sampled color gradient (edge map) of an arbitrary sized ROI from a prior frame may be used to generate a small template. This initial template may be used to identify a region of a new or current frame that may be overscan and used to create a current frame's edge map. By comparing the prior frame's template to the current frame's edge map, a cost value or image may be found and used to identify the current frame's ROI center. The size of the current frame's ROI may be found by varying the size of putative new ROIs and testing for their congruence with the prior frame's template. Subsequent ROI's for subsequent frames may be identified to, effectively, track an arbitrarily sized ROI through a sequence of video frames.

    Abstract translation: 描述了通过帧/图像的时间序列来识别和跟踪预先识别的感兴趣区域(ROI)的技术。 通常,可以使用来自先前帧的任意大小的ROI的下采样颜色梯度(边缘图)来生成小模板。 该初始模板可用于识别可能被过扫描并用于创建当前帧的边缘图的新的或当前帧的区域。 通过将先前帧的模板与当前帧的边缘图进行比较,可以找到成本值或图像,并用于识别当前帧的ROI中心。 当前框架的投资回报率的大小可以通过改变推定的新投资回报率的大小和测试与先前框架模板的一致性来确定。 可以通过一系列视频帧来识别后续帧的后续ROI,以有效地跟踪任意大小的ROI。

    Shallow depth of field rendering
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10410327B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15990154

    申请日:2018-05-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for synthesizing out of focus effects in digital images. Digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras and other cameras having wide aperture lenses typically capture images with a shallow depth of field (SDOF). SDOF photography is often used in portrait photography, since it emphasizes the subject, while deemphasizing the background via blurring. Simulating this kind of blurring using a large depth of field (LDOF) camera may require a large amount of computational resources, i.e., in order to simulate the physical effects of using a wide aperture lens while constructing a synthetic SDOF image. However, cameras having smaller lens apertures, such as mobile phones, may not have the processing power to simulate the spreading of all background light sources in a reasonable amount of time. Thus, described herein are techniques to synthesize out-of-focus background blurring effects in a computationally-efficient manner for images captured by LDOF cameras.

    Shallow Depth Of Field Rendering
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180350043A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-06

    申请号:US15990154

    申请日:2018-05-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for synthesizing out of focus effects in digital images. Digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras and other cameras having wide aperture lenses typically capture images with a shallow depth of field (SDOF). SDOF photography is often used in portrait photography, since it emphasizes the subject, while deemphasizing the background via blurring. Simulating this kind of blurring using a large depth of field (LDOF) camera may require a large amount of computational resources, i.e., in order to simulate the physical effects of using a wide aperture lens while constructing a synthetic SDOF image. However, cameras having smaller lens apertures, such as mobile phones, may not have the processing power to simulate the spreading of all background light sources in a reasonable amount of time. Thus, described herein are techniques to synthesize out-of-focus background blurring effects in a computationally-efficient manner for images captured by LDOF cameras.

    Fast histogram-based object tracking

    公开(公告)号:US09911061B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-06

    申请号:US14869732

    申请日:2015-09-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media to rapidly identify and track an arbitrary sized object through a temporal sequence of frames is described. The object being tracked may initially be identified via a specified or otherwise known region-of-interest (ROI). A portion of that ROI can be used to generate an initial or reference histogram and luminosity measure, metrics that may be used to identify the ROI in a subsequent frame. For a frame subsequent to the initial or reference frame, a series of putative ROIs (each having its own location and size) may be identified and the “best” of the identified ROIs selected. As used here, the term “best” simply means that the more similar two frames' histograms and luminosity measures are, the better one is with respect to the other.

    Fast Histogram-Based Object Tracking
    10.
    发明申请
    Fast Histogram-Based Object Tracking 有权
    快速直方图对象跟踪

    公开(公告)号:US20160358340A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-08

    申请号:US14869732

    申请日:2015-09-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media to rapidly identify and track an arbitrary sized object through a temporal sequence of frames is described. The object being tracked may initially be identified via a specified or otherwise known region-of-interest (ROI). A portion of that ROI can be used to generate an initial or reference histogram and luminosity measure, metrics that may be used to identify the ROI in a subsequent frame. For a frame subsequent to the initial or reference frame, a series of putative ROIs (each having its own location and size) may be identified and the “best” of the identified ROIs selected. As used here, the term “best” simply means that the more similar two frames' histograms and luminosity measures are, the better one is with respect to the other.

    Abstract translation: 描述了通过帧的时间序列快速识别和跟踪任意大小的对象的系统,方法和计算机可读介质。 被跟踪的对象最初可以通过指定的或其他已知的感兴趣区域(ROI)来识别。 该ROI的一部分可用于生成初始或参考直方图和亮度度量,可用于识别后续帧中的ROI的度量。 对于初始或参考帧之后的帧,可以识别一系列推定的ROI(每个具有其自己的位置和大小),并且选择所识别的ROI的“最佳”。 如这里所使用的,术语“最佳”仅仅意味着更相似的两帧的直方图和亮度度量是相对于另一个更好的。

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