3D gait recognition using multiple cameras

Gait recognition is used to identify individuals in image sequences by the way they walk. Nearly all of the approaches proposed for gait recognition are 2D methods based on analyzing image sequences captured by a single camera. In this paper, video sequences captured by multiple cameras are used as input, and then a human 3D model is set up. The motion is tracked by applying a local optimization algorithm. The lengths of key segments are extracted as static parameters, and the motion trajectories of lower limbs are used as dynamic features. Finally, linear time normalization is exploited for matching and recognition. The proposed method based on 3D tracking and recognition is robust to the changes of viewpoints. Moreover, better results are achieved for sequences containing difficult surface variations than with 2D methods, which prove the efficiency of our algorithm