Title :
Feature fusion for vehicle detection and tracking with low-angle cameras
Author :
Yang, Jun ; Wang, Yang ; Sowmya, Arcot ; Li, Zhidong ; Zhang, Bang ; Xu, Jie
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
In this paper, we address the problem of vehicle detection and tracking with low-angle cameras by combining windshield detection and feature points clustering, effectively fusing several primitive image features such as color, edge and interest point. By exploring various heterogenous features and multiple vehicle models, we achieve at least two improvements over the existing methods: higher detection accuracy and the ability to distinguish different vehicle types. Our experiments on real-world traffic video sequences demonstrate the benefits of feature fusion and the improved performance.
Keywords :
image fusion; image sequences; object detection; road traffic; target tracking; traffic engineering computing; vehicles; video signal processing; feature fusion; feature points clustering; image color; interest point; low-angle cameras; multiple vehicle models; primitive image features; traffic video sequences; vehicle detection; vehicle tracking; windshield detection; Automotive components; Cameras; Feature extraction; Image color analysis; Image edge detection; Shape; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2011 IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Kona, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9496-5
DOI :
10.1109/WACV.2011.5711529