scholarly journals Object Detection in Cluttered Background using Color Clusters

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1241-1247
Keyword(s):  
Object Detection ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Color Space ◽  
Color Information ◽  
Interest Points ◽  
Illumination Variation ◽  
Object Rotation ◽  
Cluttered Background ◽  
Histogram Bins ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

Object detection in presence of complex background and illumination variation is important image analysis problem with many applications. Most of the object detection algorithms use local image descriptors which are computed from interest points based on luminance information and neglect precious color information of an object. If appearances of the object to be detected contain multiple colors in non-homogeneous distributions then it makes it difficult to detect these objects using shape features. In this context, we propose a robust algorithm designed to detect a class of objects using a descriptor which is computed from color information of an object. Clusters are formed in Hue and Saturation (HS) color space of an object using k-means clustering and cluster analysis based on number of pixels belong to each cluster, object detection is performed. Use of clustering algorithm in color space of an object to form descriptor reduces the large dimensionality of the histogram bins in the computation. The performance of the algorithm is demonstrated by experimentation carried out on standard dataset GroZi-120. Experimental results shows that the proposed algorithm is insensitive to scaling, object rotation, illumination variations and capable of handling cluttered background effectively. Finally results shows that proposed algorithm outperforms closely related algorithm by a decisive margin.

scholarly journals Dynamic human object recognition by combining color and depth information with a clothing image histogram

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 172988141982810
Author(s):  
Yen-Han Wang ◽  
Tzu-Wei Wang ◽  
Jia-Yush Yen ◽  
Fu-Cheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Object Detection ◽  
Target Tracking ◽  
Color Space ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Color Analysis ◽  
Color Information ◽  
Depth Images ◽  
Lighting Conditions ◽  
Human Object ◽  
Tracking And Recognition

Human object detection, tracking, and recognition have applications in many areas, such as in the development of assistance robots and intelligent monitoring systems. The emergence of an RGB-D camera, namely the Kinect v2, has simplified the process of human object detection and tracking. Color space methods are dependent on lighting conditions. Because skeleton-tracking algorithms are based on depth images, they are light invariant relative to color space methods. However, skeleton information may sometimes be incorrect or become lost. An algorithm for human-target recognition is thus required. Therefore, this study proposes a human-target tracking and recognition system combining RGB images, depth images, body index, and skeleton information. The system first extracts the color information of five body parts (two upper arms, the torso, and two thighs) using color, depth, and skeleton information. The system then analyzes the color information using a mixed nine-dimensional histogram and single-color analysis method. The algorithm also includes overlap detection during the process of human-target tracking to prevent misidentification caused by occlusion. To test the proposed system, various scenarios were carefully designed to simulate the extremely complex environmental changes characteristic of the real world. Furthermore, the dynamic statistical method of event statistics was used to collect results. Experiments revealed that the proposed method is robust under varying lighting conditions and increases the success rate for individuals wearing similar clothing with monochrome colors.

scholarly journals Malaria parasite detection in thick blood smear microscopic images using modified YOLOV3 and YOLOV4 models

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fetulhak Abdurahman ◽  
Kinde Anlay Fante ◽  
Mohammed Aliy
Keyword(s):  
Object Detection ◽  
Malaria Parasite ◽  
Blood Smear ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Small Object ◽  
Thick Blood Smear ◽  
Malaria Parasites ◽  
Microscopic Images

Abstract Background Manual microscopic examination of Leishman/Giemsa stained thin and thick blood smear is still the “gold standard” for malaria diagnosis. One of the drawbacks of this method is that its accuracy, consistency, and diagnosis speed depend on microscopists’ diagnostic and technical skills. It is difficult to get highly skilled microscopists in remote areas of developing countries. To alleviate this problem, in this paper, we propose to investigate state-of-the-art one-stage and two-stage object detection algorithms for automated malaria parasite screening from microscopic image of thick blood slides. Results YOLOV3 and YOLOV4 models, which are state-of-the-art object detectors in accuracy and speed, are not optimized for detecting small objects such as malaria parasites in microscopic images. We modify these models by increasing feature scale and adding more detection layers to enhance their capability of detecting small objects without notably decreasing detection speed. We propose one modified YOLOV4 model, called YOLOV4-MOD and two modified models of YOLOV3, which are called YOLOV3-MOD1 and YOLOV3-MOD2. Besides, new anchor box sizes are generated using K-means clustering algorithm to exploit the potential of these models in small object detection. The performance of the modified YOLOV3 and YOLOV4 models were evaluated on a publicly available malaria dataset. These models have achieved state-of-the-art accuracy by exceeding performance of their original versions, Faster R-CNN, and SSD in terms of mean average precision (mAP), recall, precision, F1 score, and average IOU. YOLOV4-MOD has achieved the best detection accuracy among all the other models with a mAP of 96.32%. YOLOV3-MOD2 and YOLOV3-MOD1 have achieved mAP of 96.14% and 95.46%, respectively. Conclusions The experimental results of this study demonstrate that performance of modified YOLOV3 and YOLOV4 models are highly promising for detecting malaria parasites from images captured by a smartphone camera over the microscope eyepiece. The proposed system is suitable for deployment in low-resource setting areas.

scholarly journals Automatic measurement of traditional Chinese costume from its silhouette through Fuzzy c-means clustering method

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 155892502097832
Author(s):  
Jiaqin Zhang ◽  
Jingan Wang ◽  
Le Xing ◽  
Hui’e Liang
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Application ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Color Space ◽  
Automatic Measurement ◽  
Feature Point ◽  
Feature Points ◽  
Point Location ◽  
Fuzzy C Means ◽  
Fuzzy C Means Clustering ◽  
Environmental Robustness

As the precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation, traditional costumes are in urgent need of scientific research and protection. In particular, there are scanty studies on costume silhouettes, due to the reasons of the need for cultural relic protection, and the strong subjectivity of manual measurement, which limit the accuracy of quantitative research. This paper presents an automatic measurement method for traditional Chinese costume dimensions based on fuzzy C-means clustering and silhouette feature point location. The method is consisted of six steps: (1) costume image acquisition; (2) costume image preprocessing; (3) color space transformation; (4) object clustering segmentation; (5) costume silhouette feature point location; and (6) costume measurement. First, the relative total variation model was used to obtain the environmental robustness and costume color adaptability. Second, the FCM clustering algorithm was used to implement image segmentation to extract the outer silhouette of the costume. Finally, automatic measurement of costume silhouette was achieved by locating its feature points. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed method could effectively segment the outer silhouette of a costume image and locate the feature points of the silhouette. The measurement accuracy could meet the requirements of industrial application, thus providing the dual value of costume culture research and industrial application.

Field Assessment of Camera Based Drilling Dynamics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis Koulidis ◽  
Mohamed Abdullatif ◽  
Ahmed Galal Abdel-Kader ◽  
Mohammed-ilies Ayachi ◽  
Shehab Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Object Detection ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Tracking Algorithm ◽  
Interest Points ◽  
Stick Slip ◽  
Detection Algorithms ◽  
Point Tracking ◽  
Surface Data ◽  
Field Assessment

Abstract Surface data measurement and analysis are an established mean of detecting drillstring low-frequency torsional vibration or stick-slip. The industry has also developed models that link surface torque and downhole drill bit rotational speed. Cameras provide an alternative noninvasive approach to existing wired/wireless sensors used to gather such surface data. The results of a preliminary field assessment of drilling dynamics utilizing camera-based drillstring monitoring are presented in this work. Detection and timing of events from the video are performed using computer vision techniques and object detection algorithms. A real-time interest point tracker utilizing homography estimation and sparse optical flow point tracking is deployed. We use a fully convolutional deep neural network trained to detect interest points and compute their accompanying descriptors. The detected points and descriptors are matched across video sequences and used for drillstring rotation detection and speed estimation. When the drillstring's vibration is invisible to the naked eye, the point tracking algorithm is preceded with a motion amplification function based on another deep convolutional neural network. We have clearly demonstrated the potential of camera-based noninvasive approaches to surface drillstring dynamics data acquisition and analysis. Through the application of real-time object detection algorithms on rig video feed, surface events were detected and timed. We were also able to estimate drillstring rotary speed and motion profile. Torsional drillstring modes can be identified and correlated with drilling parameters and bottomhole assembly design. A novel vibration array sensing approach based on a multi-point tracking algorithm is also proposed. A vibration threshold setting was utilized to enable an additional motion amplification function providing seamless assessment for multi-scale vibration measurement. Cameras were typically devices to acquire images/videos for offline automated assessment (recently) or online manual monitoring (mainly), this work has shown how fog/edge computing makes it possible for these cameras to be "conscious" and "intelligent," hence play a critical role in automation/digitalization of drilling rigs. We showcase their preliminary application as drilling dynamics and rig operations sensors in this work. Cameras are an ideal sensor for a drilling environment since they can be installed anywhere on a rig to perform large-scale live video analytics on drilling processes.

scholarly journals Taxonomy of Object Detection methods: A Survey

2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Keyword(s):  
Object Detection ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Object Motion ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Illumination Variation ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
To Come ◽  
Point Detection

Object detection (OD) within a video is one of the relevant and critical research areas in the computer vision field. Due to the widespread of Artificial Intelligence, the basic principle in real life nowadays and its exponential growth predicted in the epochs to come, it will transmute the public. Object Detection has been extensively implemented in several areas, including human-machine Interaction, autonomous vehicles, security with video surveillance, and various fields that will be mentioned further. However, this augmentation of OD tackles different challenges such as occlusion, illumination variation, object motion, without ignoring the real-time aspect that can be quite problematic. This paper also includes some methods of application to take into account these issues. These techniques are divided into five subcategories: Point Detection, segmentation, supervised classifier, optical flow, a background modeling. This survey decorticates various methods and techniques used in object detection, as well as application domains and the problems faced. Our study discusses the cruciality of deep learning algorithms and their efficiency on future improvement in object detection topics within video sequences.

scholarly journals A Novel Approach for Acoustic Signal Processing of a Drum Shearer Based on Improved Variational Mode Decomposition and Cluster Analysis

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 2949
Author(s):  
Changpeng Li ◽  
Tianhao Peng ◽  
Yanmin Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Acoustic Signal ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Pso Algorithm ◽  
Variational Mode Decomposition ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Drum Shearer ◽  
Best Parameter ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

During operation, the acoustic signal of the drum shearer contains a wealth of information. The monitoring or diagnosis system based on acoustic signal has obvious advantages. However, the signal is challenging to extract and recognize. Therefore, this paper proposes an approach for acoustic signal processing of a shearer based on the parameter optimized variational mode decomposition (VMD) method and a clustering algorithm. First, the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm searched for the best parameter combination of the VMD. According to the results, the approach determined the number of modes and penalty parameters for VMD. Then the improved VMD algorithm decomposed the acoustic signal. It selected the ideal component through the minimum envelope entropy. The PSO was designed to optimize the clustering analysis, and the minimum envelope entropy of the acoustic signal was regarded as the feature for classification. We then use a shearer simulation platform to collect the acoustic signal and use the approach proposed in this paper to process and classify the signal. The experimental results show that the approach proposed can effectively extract the features of the acoustic signal of the shearer. The recognition accuracy of the acoustic signal was high, which has practical application value.

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