A real-time target tracking method applicable to a robot's vision

Recently, in the field of computer vision, the research on '"looking at people" technique [Pentland, A, 2000] has been very active. Currently, we are also pushing research on an LPS (looking at people system), which is an attribute-information conscious system. In addition, the research on autonomous robot has also been active. The technology regarding the identification of a person by the sound or image has been introduced in such robots. Such technology impresses robots with intellectual existence, and raises affinity with people. In light of this, combining LPS technique and autonomous robots can create interesting applications. That is, a basic system for initiating interaction between humans and robots can be realized by implementing a system, which gazes at people as a robot's vision. We propose the simple search method (SSM), which is a target tracking technique applicable to an autonomous robot's vision, and show its validity.