Tracking driver signage observation using local feature matching and optical flow

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiyomi Miyajima ◽  
Katsuya Sakoyama ◽  
Kazuya Takeda
Keyword(s):  
Optical Flow ◽  
Feature Matching ◽  
Local Feature

scholarly journals Local Feature-Aware Siamese Matching Model for Vehicle Re-Identification

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2474
Author(s):  
Honglie Wang ◽  
Shouqian Sun ◽  
Lunan Zhou ◽  
Lilin Guo ◽  
Xin Min ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Feature Matching ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
The State ◽  
Local Feature ◽  
Public Security ◽  
Matching Model ◽  
Image Deformation

Vehicle re-identification is attracting an increasing amount of attention in intelligent transportation and is widely used in public security. In comparison to person re-identification, vehicle re-identification is more challenging because vehicles with different IDs are generated by a unified pipeline and cannot only be distinguished based on the subtle differences in their features such as lights, ornaments, and decorations. In this paper, we propose a local feature-aware Siamese matching model for vehicle re-identification. A local feature-aware Siamese matching model focuses on the informative parts in an image and these are the parts most likely to differ among vehicles with different IDs. In addition, we utilize Siamese feature matching to better supervise our attention. Furthermore, a perspective transformer network, which can eliminate image deformation, has been designed for feature extraction. We have conducted extensive experiments on three large-scale vehicle re-ID datasets, i.e., VeRi-776, VehicleID, and PKU-VD, and the results show that our method is superior to the state-of-the-art methods.

scholarly journals Optical Flow Estimation with Occlusion Detection

Algorithms ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Song Wang ◽  
Zengfu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Optical Flow ◽  
Feature Matching ◽  
Estimation Algorithm ◽  
Occlusion Detection ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Flow Estimation ◽  
Optical Flow Estimation ◽  
Dense Optical Flow ◽  
Video Frames ◽  
Optimization Function

The dense optical flow estimation under occlusion is a challenging task. Occlusion may result in ambiguity in optical flow estimation, while accurate occlusion detection can reduce the error. In this paper, we propose a robust optical flow estimation algorithm with reliable occlusion detection. Firstly, the occlusion areas in successive video frames are detected by integrating various information from multiple sources including feature matching, motion edges, warped images and occlusion consistency. Then optimization function with occlusion coefficient and selective region smoothing are used to obtain the optical flow estimation of the non-occlusion areas and occlusion areas respectively. Experimental results show that the algorithm proposed in this paper is an effective algorithm for dense optical flow estimation.

scholarly journals Real-Time Image Stabilization Method Based on Optical Flow and Binary Point Feature Matching

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zilong Deng ◽  
Dongxiao Yang ◽  
Xiaohu Zhang ◽  
Yuguang Dong ◽  
Chengbo Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Flow ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Image Matching ◽  
Image Guidance ◽  
Feature Matching ◽  
Guidance System ◽  
Stabilization Method ◽  
Image Stabilization ◽  
Real Time Image ◽  
Time Image

The strap-down missile-borne image guidance system can be easily affected by the unwanted jitters of the motion of the camera, and the subsequent recognition and tracking functions are also influenced, thus severely affecting the navigation accuracy of the image guidance system. So, a real-time image stabilization technology is needed to help improve the image quality of the image guidance system. To satisfy the real-time and accuracy requirements of image stabilization in the strap-down missile-borne image guidance system, an image stabilization method based on optical flow and image matching with binary feature descriptors is proposed. The global motion of consecutive frames is estimated by the pyramid Lucas-Kanade (LK) optical flow algorithm, and the interval frames image matching based on fast retina keypoint (FREAK) algorithm is used to reduce the cumulative trajectory error. A Kalman filter is designed to smooth the trajectory, which is conducive to fitting to the main motion of the guidance system. Simulations have been carried out, and the results show that the proposed algorithm improves the accuracy and real-time performance simultaneously compared to the state-of-art algorithms.

FEATURE GROUP MATCHING: A NOVEL METHOD TO FILTER OUT INCORRECT LOCAL FEATURE MATCHINGS

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (05) ◽  
pp. 1450012 ◽  
Author(s):  
EMANUELE FRONTONI ◽  
ADRIANO MANCINI ◽  
PRIMO ZINGARETTI
Keyword(s):  
Image Retrieval ◽  
Feature Matching ◽  
Local Feature ◽  
Actual State ◽  
Feature Group ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Heterogeneous Datasets ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Scaling Invariant ◽  
Group Matching

The importance of finding correct correspondences between two images is the major aspect in problems such as appearance-based robot localization and content-based image retrieval. Local feature matching has become a commonly used method to compare images, despite being highly probable that at least some of the matchings/correspondences it detects are incorrect. In this paper, we describe a novel approach to local feature matching, named Feature Group Matching (FGM), to select stable features and obtain a more reliable similarity value between two images. The proposed technique is demonstrated to be translational, rotational and scaling invariant. Experimental evaluation was performed on large and heterogeneous datasets of images using SIFT and SURF, the actual state-of-the-art feature extractors. Results show that FGM avoids almost 95% of incorrect matchings, reduces the visual aliasing (number of images considered similar) and increases both robotic localization and image retrieval accuracy on the average of 13%.

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