An online background subtraction algorithm using a contiguously weighted linear regression model

In this paper, we propose a fast online background subtraction algorithm detecting a contiguous foreground. The proposed algorithm consists of a background model and a foreground model. The background model is a regression based low rank model. It seeks a low rank background subspace and represents the background as the linear combination of the basis spanning the subspace. The foreground model promotes the contiguity in the foreground detection. It encourages the foreground to be detected as whole regions rather than separated pixels. We formulate the background and foreground model into a contiguously weighted linear regression problem. This problem can be solved efficiently and it achieves an online scheme. The experimental comparison with most recent algorithms on the benchmark dataset demonstrates the high effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.