Tracking of multiple objects under partial occlusion

Bing Han, Christopher Paulson, Taoran Lu, Dapeng Wu, Jian Li

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Abstract

The goal of multiple object tracking is to find the trajectory of the target objects through a number of frames from an image sequence. Generally, multi-object tracking is a challenging problem due to illumination variation, object occlusion, abrupt object motion and camera motion. In this paper, we propose a multi-object tracking scheme based on a new weighted Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi (KLT) tracker. The original KLT tracking algorithm tracks global feature points instead of a target object, and the features can hardly be tracked through a long sequence because some features may easily get lost after multiple frames. Our tracking method consists of three steps: the first step is to detect moving objects; the second step is to track the features within the moving object mask, where we use a consistency weighted function; and the last step is to identify the trajectory of the object. With an appropriately chosen weighting function, we are able to identify the trajectories of moving objects with high accuracy. In addition, our scheme is able to handle partial object occlusion. © 2009 SPIE.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAutomatic Target Recognition XIX
Volume7335
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
EventAutomatic Target Recognition XIX - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: 13 Apr 200914 Apr 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume7335
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceAutomatic Target Recognition XIX
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period13/04/0914/04/09

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Research Keywords

  • Consistency weighted function
  • KLT tracker
  • Object detection
  • Object occlusion
  • Object tracking

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