摘要 |
An object tracking method and an object tracking apparatus for tracking an object in an image based on an image signal obtained from an image pickup device. At least one of the feature amounts including the position, size and the moving distance of the object in the image is detected, and based on the detection result, the image pickup lens of the image pickup device is controlled thereby to track the object. At the same time, the range of a partial area of the image is set based on the detection result, and the image of the partial area thus set is enlarged to a predetermined size and displayed on a monitor.
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