Uma abordagem livre de modelo para rastreamento de objetos em seqüências de imagens. / A model-free approach for object tracking in sequences of images.

AUTOR(ES)

Rodrigo Andrade de Bem

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

This work proposes an approach to track objects observed in sequences of images. The main objective is the development of an efficient methodology, capable of performing the tracking of one or more heterogeneous targets by using a small amount of a priori information about them. To accomplish this objective we propose a description of the targets free of an explicit shape model. This description is a contour-based representation, which is interesting because it is capable of adapting dynamically to targets that have heterogeneous shapes in an effective way. Besides this, a unique and simple movement model is used, considering only translation and scaling frame by frame. This model allows treating smooth and previously unknown targets movements. The tracking of each target is executed by the combination of two Kalman Filters: one used to estimate movement and another one to estimate contour. The observation model is based on 1D measurement lines fixed along the estimated contour and requires low computational power. Experiments were performed to evaluate the efficacy and the efficiency of the proposal, using controlled and real image sequences. Results show that the proposed approach is capable of tracking distinct targets (geometric figures, human bodies and mobile robots), which execute different movements regarding the observation position of the camera. Despite the critical tradeoff between the frame by frame variation of the targets movements and shapes and the level of noise in the images, the approach showed to be adequate for those cases of application where detailed information about target movement and shape are not available.

ASSUNTO(S)

rastreamento visual processamento digital de imagens visão computacional inteligência artificial visual tracking computer vision digital image processing artificial intelligence

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