Probabilistic Background Model by Density Forests for Tracking

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Daimu Oiwa ◽  
Shinji Fukui ◽  
Yuji Iwahori ◽  
Tsuyoshi Nakamura ◽  
Boonserm Kijsirikul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Likelihood Function ◽  
Target Object ◽  
Image Sequences ◽  
Background Model ◽  
Robust Tracking ◽  
Color Information ◽  
Background Region ◽  
Previous Approach ◽  
Tracking Method ◽  
Outdoor Scenes

This paper proposes an approach for a robust tracking method to the objects intersection with appearances similar to a target object. The target is image sequences taken by a moving camera in this paper. Tracking methods using color information tend to track mistakenly a background region or an object with color similar to the target object since the proposed method is based on the particle filter. The method constructs the probabilistic background model by the histogram of the optical flow and defines the likelihood function so that the likelihood in the region of the target object may become large. This leads to increasing the accuracy of tracking. The probabilistic background model is made by the density forests. It can infer a probabilistic density fast. The proposed method can process faster than the authors' previous approach by introducing the density forests. Results are demonstrated by experiments using the real videos of outdoor scenes.

scholarly journals Object Tracking via 2DPCA andl2-Regularization

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Haijun Wang ◽  
Hongjuan Ge ◽  
Shengyan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Object Tracking ◽  
Likelihood Function ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Reconstruction Error ◽  
Image Sequences ◽  
Projection Matrix ◽  
Tracking Method ◽  
Fast Tracking ◽  
Bayesian Inference Framework

We present a fast and robust object tracking algorithm by using 2DPCA andl2-regularization in a Bayesian inference framework. Firstly, we model the challenging appearance of the tracked object using 2DPCA bases, which exploit the strength of subspace representation. Secondly, we adopt thel2-regularization to solve the proposed presentation model and remove the trivial templates from the sparse tracking method which can provide a more fast tracking performance. Finally, we present a novel likelihood function that considers the reconstruction error, which is concluded from the orthogonal left-projection matrix and the orthogonal right-projection matrix. Experimental results on several challenging image sequences demonstrate that the proposed method can achieve more favorable performance against state-of-the-art tracking algorithms.

The Target Tracking Method Based on Camshift Algorithm Combined with SIFT

2011 ◽  
Vol 186 ◽  
pp. 281-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Yu Zhang ◽  
Hai Yong Wu ◽  
Shu Chen ◽  
De Shen Xia
Keyword(s):  
Probability Distribution ◽  
Target Tracking ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Feature Points ◽  
Robust Tracking ◽  
Color Information ◽  
Search Region ◽  
Target Region ◽  
Tracking Method ◽  
Camshift Algorithm

Since Camshift algorithm leads to failed tracking results when the color information of the target region is similar with the background or is not precise enough, to solve this problem a tracking method based on Camshift and SIFT was proposed in this paper. In this method, SIFT feature points, which were used to construct the color histogram and the color probability distribution, were extracted from the target region first. Then SIFT points were also extracted from the search region and these two sets of SIFT points were matched. Since the proposed method used the matched SIFT points to properly guide the location of targets, experimental results show that with the new method some more accurate and robust tracking results have been obtained.

Robust Autonomous Car-Like Robot Tracking Based on Tracking-Learning-Detection

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 564-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Bao Xu ◽  
Shu Ming Tang ◽  
Jin Feng Yang ◽  
Yan Min Dong
Keyword(s):  
Optical Flow ◽  
Fast Moving ◽  
Moving Objects ◽  
Tracking Algorithm ◽  
Robust Tracking ◽  
Symmetry Detection ◽  
Tracking Method ◽  
Robot Tracking ◽  
Improve Accuracy ◽  
First Time

This paper proposes a robust tracking algorithm for an autonomous car-like robot, and this algorithm is based on the Tracking-Learning-Detection (TLD). In this paper, the TLD method is extended to track the autonomous car-like robot for the first time. In order to improve accuracy and robustness of the proposed algorithm, a method of symmetry detection of autonomous car-like robot rear is integrated into the TLD. Moreover, the Median-Flow tracker in TLD is improved with a pyramid-based optical flow tracking method to capture fast moving objects. Extensive experiments and comparisons show the robustness of the proposed method.

Image-Guided Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation Sensorless Tracking of Stenotic Valve Landmarks in Live Fluoroscopic Images

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis R. Merk ◽  
Mohamed Esmail Karar ◽  
Claire Chalopin ◽  
David Holzhey ◽  
Volkmar Falk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aortic Valve ◽  
Contrast Agent ◽  
Image Sequences ◽  
Invasive Technique ◽  
Valve Prosthesis ◽  
Tracking Method ◽  
Fluoroscopic Image ◽  
Aortic Valve Implantation ◽  
Valve Implantation ◽  
Contrast Image

Objective Aortic valve stenosis is one of the most frequently acquired valvular heart diseases, accounting for almost 70% of valvular cardiac surgery. Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation has recently become a suitable minimally invasive technique for high-risk and elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis. In this article, we aim to automatically define a target area of valve implantation, namely, the area between the coronary ostia and the lowest points of two aortic valve cusps. Therefore, we present a new image-based tracking method of these aortic landmarks to assist in the placement of aortic valve prosthesis under live 2D fluoroscopy guidance. Methods We propose a rigid intensity-based image registration technique for tracking valve landmarks in 2D fluoroscopic image sequences, based on a real-time alignment of a contrast image including the initialized manual valve landmarks to each image of sequence. The contrast image is automatically detected to visualize aortic valve features when the aortic root is filled with a contrast agent. Results Our registration-based tracking method has been retrospectively applied to 10 fluoroscopic image sequences from routine transapical aortic valve implantation procedures. Most of all tested fluoroscopic images showed a successful tracking of valve landmarks, especially for the images without contrast agent injections. Conclusions A new intraoperative image-based method has been developed for tracking aortic valve landmarks in live 2D fluoroscopic images to assist transapical aortic valve implantations and to increase the overall safety of surgery as well.

scholarly journals Particle Filter with Gaussian Weighting for Vehicle Tracking

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 681-686
Author(s):  
Indah Agustien Siradjuddin ◽  
◽  
Muhammad Rahmat Widyanto ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Filter ◽  
Object Tracking ◽  
Gaussian Distribution ◽  
Likelihood Function ◽  
Target Object ◽  
Video Data ◽  
Vehicle Tracking ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Filter Method ◽  
Vehicle Motion

To track vehicle motion in data video, particle filter with Gaussian weighting is proposed. This method consists of four main stages. First, particles are generated to predict target’s location. Second, certain particles are searched and these particles are used to build Gaussian distribution. Third, weight of all particles is calculated based on Gaussian distribution. Fourth, particles are updated based on each weight. The proposed method could reduce computational time of tracking compared to that of conventional method of particle filter, since the proposed method does not have to calculate all particles weight using likelihood function. This method has been tested on video data with car as a target object. In average, this proposed method of particle filter is 60.61% times faster than particle filter method meanwhile the accuracy of tracking with this newmethod is comparable with particle filter method, which reach up to 86.87%. Hence this method is promising for real time object tracking application.

scholarly journals Attention-mechanism-based tracking method for intelligent Internet of vehicles

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 155014771880594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Kang ◽  
Bin Song ◽  
Jie Guo ◽  
Xiaojiang Du ◽  
Mohsen Guizani
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Image Sensor ◽  
Attention Mechanism ◽  
Vehicle Tracking ◽  
Background Region ◽  
Internet Of Vehicles ◽  
Tracking Method ◽  
Siamese Network ◽  
Selection Of

Vehicle tracking task plays an important role on the Internet of vehicles and intelligent transportation system. Beyond the traditional Global Positioning System sensor, the image sensor can capture different kinds of vehicles, analyze their driving situation, and can interact with them. Aiming at the problem that the traditional convolutional neural network is vulnerable to background interference, this article proposes vehicle tracking method based on human attention mechanism for self-selection of deep features with an inter-channel fully connected layer. It mainly includes the following contents: (1) a fully convolutional neural network fused attention mechanism with the selection of the deep features for convolution; (2) a separation method for template and semantic background region to separate target vehicles from the background in the initial frame adaptively; (3) a two-stage method for model training using our traffic dataset. The experimental results show that the proposed method improves the tracking accuracy without an increase in tracking time. Meanwhile, it strengthens the robustness of algorithm under the condition of the complex background region. The success rate of the proposed method in overall traffic datasets is higher than Siamese network by about 10%, and the overall precision is higher than Siamese network by 8%.

scholarly journals Anti-Interference Aircraft-Tracking Method in Infrared Imagery

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1289
Author(s):  
Sijie Wu ◽  
Kai Zhang ◽  
Saisai Niu ◽  
Jie Yan
Keyword(s):  
Infrared Imaging ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Infrared Image ◽  
Image Sequences ◽  
Tracking Performance ◽  
Infrared Imagery ◽  
Tracking Method ◽  
Tracking Process ◽  
Aircraft Tracking ◽  
Infrared Signature

In this paper, we focus on developing an algorithm for infrared-imaging guidance that enables the aircraft to be reliably tracked in the event of interference. The key challenge is to track the aircraft with occlusion caused by decoys and drastic appearance changes resulting from a diversity of attacking angles. To address this challenge, an aircraft-tracking algorithm was proposed, which provides robustness in tracking the aircraft against the decoys. We reveal the inherent structure and infrared signature of the aircraft, which are used as discriminative features to track the aircraft. The anti-interference method was developed based on simulated images but validate the effectiveness on both real infrared image sequences without decoys and simulated infrared imagery. For frequent occlusion caused by the decoys, the mechanism of occlusion detection is exploited according to the variation of the model distance in tracking process. To have a comprehensive evaluation of tracking performance, infrared-image sequences with different attack angles were simulated, and experiments on benchmark trackers were performed to quantitatively evaluate tracking performance. The experiment results demonstrate that our aircraft-tracking method performs favorably against state-of-the-art trackers.

scholarly journals HKSiamFC: Visual-Tracking Framework Using Prior Information Provided by Staple and Kalman Filter

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 2137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenpu Li ◽  
Qianjian Xing ◽  
Zhenguo Ma
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Visual Tracking ◽  
Prior Information ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The Other ◽  
Robust Tracking ◽  
Similarity Learning ◽  
Complex Environments ◽  
Color Information ◽  
Learning Problem

In the field of visual tracking, trackers based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) have had significant achievements. The fully-convolutional Siamese (SiamFC) tracker is a typical representation of these CNN trackers and has attracted much attention. It models visual tracking as a similarity-learning problem. However, experiments showed that SiamFC was not so robust in some complex environments. This may be because the tracker lacked enough prior information about the target. Inspired by the key idea of a Staple tracker and Kalman filter, we constructed two more models to help compensate for SiamFC’s disadvantages. One model contained the target’s prior color information, and the other the target’s prior trajectory information. With these two models, we design a novel and robust tracking framework on the basis of SiamFC. We call it Histogram–Kalman SiamFC (HKSiamFC). We also evaluated HKSiamFC tracker’s performance on dataset of the online object tracking benchmark (OTB) and Temple Color (TC128), and it showed quite competitive performance when compared with the baseline tracker and several other state-of-the-art trackers.

ROBUST AND FAST TRACKING ALGORITHM IN VIDEO SEQUENCES BY ADAPTIVE WINDOW SIZING USING A NOVEL ANALYSIS ON SPATIOTEMPORAL GRADIENT POWERS

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 305-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAYMAN MOALLEM ◽  
ALIREZA MEMARMOGHADDAM ◽  
MOHSEN ASHOURIAN
Keyword(s):  
Window Size ◽  
Image Sequences ◽  
Tracking Algorithm ◽  
Video Sequences ◽  
Occupancy Rate ◽  
Tracking Method ◽  
Fast Tracking ◽  
Adaptive Window ◽  
Real Video ◽  
Adaptively Adjusting

Success of a tracking method depends largely on choosing the suitable window size as soon as the target size changes in image sequences. To achieve this goal, we propose a fast tracking algorithm based on adaptively adjusting tracking window. Firstly, tracking window is divided into four edge subwindows, and a background subwindow around it. Then, by calculating the spatiotemporal gradient power ratios of the target in each subwindow, four proper expansion vectors are associated with any tracking window sides such that the occupancy rate of the target in tracking window should be maintained within a specified range. In addition, since temporal changing of target is evaluated in calculating these vectors, we estimate overall target displacement by sum of expansion vectors. Experimental results using various real video sequences show that the proposed algorithm successfully track an unknown textured target in real time, and is robust to dynamic occlusions in complex noisy backgrounds.

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