Apparatus for extracting/combining change region in image corresponding to moving object

Claim 2

An image information processing apparatus comprising: image pickup means for picking up image information in an area to be monitored at predetermined time intervals to obtain a plurality of items of image information; extracting means for extracting an image of a moving object included in the plurality of picked up image information; and deleting means for deleting a noise image including a shadow image of the moving object obtained adjacent to the image of the moving object.

Claim 3

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said extracting means includes: memory means for storing continuous first, second, and third items of image information of the plurality of items of image information; first subtracting means for obtaining a first difference image between the first and second items of image information stored in said memory means; second subtraction means for obtaining a second difference image between the second and third items of image information stored in said memory means; and means for obtaining the image of the moving object by performing logical AND of the first and second difference images obtained from said first and second subtracting means.

Claim 4

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said extracting means includes: means for obtaining a plurality of dispersed images as the image of the moving object; means for setting a frame for covering a predetermined region including the image of the moving object; and means for performing predetermined labeling for the dispersed images.

Claim 5

An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said noise image deleting means includes: means for determining whether the plurality of dispersed images are included in the frame; and means for ignoring the dispersed images not included in the frame as noise images.

Claim 6

An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said determining means includes: means for determining whether the dispersed images included in the frame and the dispersed images not included in the frame together form an L-shaped pattern; and means for ignoring the dispersed images not included in the frame as a shadow image if an L-shaped pattern is determined.

Claim 7

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said extracting means includes means for setting a predetermined region including the moving object as a frame.

Claim 8

An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said noise image deleting means includes means for processing an image obtained outside the frame as a noise image.

Claim 9

An image information processing apparatus, comprising: image pickup means for picking up image information in an area to be monitored at predetermined time intervals to obtain a plurality of items of image information; extracting means for extracting an image of a change region included in the plurality of picked up image information, said extracting means including memory means for storing continuous first, second and third images of the plurality of items of image information, first subtracting means for obtaining a first difference image between the first and second items of image information stored in the memory means, second subtracting means for obtaining a second difference image between the second and third items of image information stored in said memory means, and means for obtaining the image of the moving object to perform logical AND of said first and second difference images obtained from said first and second subtracting means; deleting means for deleting a noise image including a shadow image obtained adjacent to the image of the change region; and means for shaping the image of the change region to obtain a moving object image.

Claim 10

An image information processing apparatus, comprising: image pickup means for picking up image information in an area to be monitored at predetermined time intervals to obtain a plurality of items of image information; extracting means for extracting an image of a change region included in the plurality of picked up image information, said extracting means including memory means for storing continuous first, second and third images of the plurality of items of image information, first subtracting means for obtaining a first difference image between the first and second items of image information stored in the memory means, second subtracting means for obtaining a second difference image between the second and third items of image information stored in said memory means, and means for obtaining the image of the moving object to perform logical AND of said first and second difference images obtained from said first and second subtracting means; deleting means for deleting a noise image including a shadow image obtained adjacent to the image of the change region; and means for shaping the image of the change region to obtain a moving object image.

Claim 11

An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said extracting means includes: means for obtaining a plurality of dispersed images as the image of the moving object; means for setting a frame for covering a predetermined region including the image of the moving object; and means for performing predetermined labeling for the dispersed images to form labeled dispersed images.

Claim 12

An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said noise image deleting means includes: means for determining whether the plurality of dispersed images are included in the frame; and means for ignoring the dispersed images not included in the frame as noise images.

Claim 13

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said determining means includes: means for determining whether the dispersed images included in the frame and the dispersed images not included in the frame together form an L-shaped pattern; and means for ignoring the dispersed images not included in the frame as a shadow image if an L-shaped pattern is determined.

Claim 14

An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said extracting means has means for setting a predetermined region including the moving object as a frame.

Claim 15

An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said noise image deleting means includes means for processing an image obtained outside the frame as a noise image.

Claim 16

An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said shaping means includes: detecting means for detecting labeled dispersed images included in the frame; extracting means for extracting a labeled region having a maximum area of the detected dispersed images; detecting means for detecting all labeled regions present above and below the maximum labeled region and included in the frame; and combining means for combining all the detected labeled regions with the maximum labeled region.

Claim 17

An image information processing apparatus comprising: image pickup means for picking up image information in an area to be monitored at predetermined time intervals to obtain a plurality of items of image information; extracting means for extracting an image of a moving object included in the plurality of picked up image information, said extracting means including means for setting a predetermined region including the moving object as a frame; and deleting means for deleting a noise image including a shadow image of the moving object obtained adjacent to the image of the moving object.

Claim 18

An image information processing apparatus comprising: image pickup means for picking up image information in an area to be monitored at predetermined time intervals to obtain a plurality of items of image information; extracting means for extracting an image of a moving object included in the plurality of picked up image information, said extracting means including means for setting a predetermined region including the moving object as a frame; and deleting means for deleting a noise image including a shadow image of the moving object obtained adjacent to the image of the moving object.

Claim 19

An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said extracting means includes: memory means for storing continuous first, second and third items of image information of the plurality of items of image information; first subtraction means for obtaining a first difference image between the first and second items of image information stored in said memory means; second subtraction means for obtaining a second difference image between the second and third items of image information stored in said memory means; and means for obtaining the image of the moving object by performing logical AND of the first and second difference images obtained from said first and second subtraction means.

Claim 20

An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said extracting means includes: means for obtaining a plurality of dispersed images as the image of the moving object; means for setting a frame for covering a predetermined region including the image of the moving object; and means for performing predetermined labeling for the dispersed images.

Claim 21

An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said noise image deleting means includes: means for determining whether the plurality of dispersed images are included in the frame; and means for ignoring the dispersed images not included in the frame as noise images.

Claim 22

An apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said determining means includes: means for determining whether the dispersed images included in the frame and the dispersed images not included in the frame together form an L-shaped pattern; and means for ignoring the dispersed images not included in the frame as a shadow image if an L-shaped pattern is determined.

Claim 23

An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said noise image deleting means includes means for processing an image obtained outside the frame as a noise image.