Title :
Real-time Vision-based Object Tracking from a Moving Platform in the Air
Author :
Ding, Wei ; Gong, Zhenbang ; Xie, Shaorong ; Zou, Hairong
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Mechatronics Eng. & Autom., Shanghai Univ.
Abstract :
Generally the scene of the visual surveillance using one camera is confined within certain limits. If you want to extend the surveillance area, you need multiple cameras. It attempts to detect, recognize and track certain objects from image sequences. This paper presents a simple and effective approach segmenting and tracking a moving object from a moving platform in the air such as UAV or ballonet airship, etc. The moving platform can follow the tracked object during a long distance. It can be used to track the doubtful vehicle and strengthen the visual surveillance more. The proposed approach is efficient and robust. The object is searched only in a subwindow of the current frame. The position of sub-window is estimated by its position in the last two frames. The features of the object are updated in each frame. The approach produces good tracking results at a frame rate of 25 fps. It is available in tracking a moving object in various scenes
Keywords :
image motion analysis; image sequences; object detection; remotely operated vehicles; video surveillance; UAV; image sequences; moving platform; real-time vision-based object tracking; visual surveillance; Cameras; Image motion analysis; Image segmentation; Layout; Lighting; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Surveillance; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Vehicle dynamics; Feature Extraction; Predicting; Segmenting; Threshold; Tracking;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0259-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0259-X
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2006.282612