Apparatus and method of video tracking
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsSimon Andrew St. John Brislin, Nicholas Anthony Edward Ryan, Andrew Swann, Pritpal Singh Panesar, Andrew William Walker
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Abstract
A method of identifying text that appears within a sequence of images comprises the steps of defining one or more regions of respective images in which text will appear, detecting when text has appeared in one or more of the defined regions, identifying text within a defined region when text has been detected there, and selecting for output identified text that has appeared, or a respective image of the sequence of images that comprise such identified text.
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A method of identifying text that appears within a sequence of images, comprising the steps of:
- defining one or more regions of respective images in which text will appear;
- detecting when text has appeared in one or more of the defined regions;
- identifying text within a defined region when text has been detected there;
- and
- selecting for output identified text that has appeared, or a respective image of the sequence of images that comprise such identified text.
A system configured to identify text that appears within a sequence of images, the system comprising:
- one or more computers;
- and
- one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- defining one or more regions of respective images in which text will appear;
- detecting when text has appeared in one or more of the defined regions;
- identifying text within a defined region when text has been detected there;
- and
- selecting for output identified text that has appeared, or a respective image of the sequence of images that comprise such identified text.
One or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- defining one or more regions of respective images in which text will appear;
- detecting when text has appeared in one or more of the defined regions;
- identifying text within a defined region when text has been detected there;
- and
- selecting for output identified text that has appeared, or a respective image of the sequence of images that comprise such identified text.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.