A multi-mode image tracking system based on distributed fusion

Author

Zheng, Lin ; Han, Chongzhao ; Zuo, Dongguang ; Yan, Hongsen

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Xi´´an Jiaotong Univ., China

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

8-11 July 2002

Firstpage

832

Abstract

In this paper, a multi-mode image tracking system was designed, which uses the distributed structure to fuse the tracking results of these modes. Because of noise in the image, the presence of occlusion, and deformation of the tracked target, some tracking algorithms may fail. The aim of the paper is to merge the advantages of all tracking algorithms to obtain robust behaviour. There are three tracking models applied in this system, based on region, B-snake, and distinguished points. Each of these three modes contributes to the fusion center, and communicates with other models. Results show that this system could overcome common problems in tracking.

Keywords

image processing; optical tracking; sensor fusion; B-snake; deformation; distinguished points; distributed fusion; multi-mode image tracking system; noise; occlusion; region; tracking algorithms; Active contours; Computer crime; Computer vision; Covariance matrix; Design engineering; Fuses; Image processing; Noise robustness; Sensor systems; Target tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Fusion, 2002. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Annapolis, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

0-9721844-1-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIF.2002.1020893

Filename

1020893