Object Tracking Method and Apparatus

An object tracking apparatus for a sequence of images, wherein a plurality of tracks have been obtained for the sequence of images, and each of the plurality of tracks is obtained by detecting an object in several images included in the sequence of images. The apparatus comprises matching track pair determining unit configured to determine a matching track pair from the plurality of tracks, wherein the matching track pair comprise a previous track and a subsequent track which correspond to the same object and are discontinuous, and combining unit configured to combine the previous track and the subsequent track included in the matching track pair.