Method and apparatus for transmitting a video image
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMiroslaw Z. Bober, Paul A. Ratliff
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Abstract
A method of transmitting a video image including an object of interest comprises capturing a sequence of images in which the object of interest occupies a fraction of each image, tracking the object of interest by selecting and extracting a region of each image including the object of interest, and coding only the selected region of each captured image.
Claims29
A method of transmitting a video image including an object of interest comprising capturing a sequence of images in which the object of interest occupies a fraction of each image, tracking the object of interest by selecting and extracting a region of each image including the object of interest, and coding only the selected region of each captured image.
A method of processing a video image including an object of interest comprising selecting a region of an image including the object of interest, the selected region being of a predetermined size, and coding the selected region.
A method of processing a video image including an object of interest comprising selecting a region of the image including the object of interest and which is greater than the area occupied by the object of interest by a predetermined degree, and coding said region.
A method of operating a video camera comprising arranging the camera so that an object of interest occupies a fraction of the area of the captured image, tracking movement of the object of interest within the captured image, selecting and extracting a region of interest around the object of interest and displaying only the extracted part of the captured image.
An image processing circuit comprising means for extracting a region of each image including an object of interest and coding only the selected region of each captured image.
An image processing circuit comprising means for selecting a region of an image including an object of interest, the selected region being of a predetermined size, and coding the selected region.
An image processing circuit comprising means for selecting a region of the image such that the object of interest occupies a predetermined percentage of the region, and for coding said region.
Apparatus for processing video images substantially as hereinbefore described as an embodiment with reference to the respective accompanying drawings.
A method of processing video images substantially as hereinbefore described as an embodiment with reference to the respective accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.