Title :
Soccer video segmentation: Referee and player detection
Author :
Nuñez, Juan Rafael ; Facon, Jacques ; de Souza Brito, A.
Author_Institution :
PPGIA-PUCPR, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Parana, Curitiba
Abstract :
This paper presents a player segmentation methodology for videos of soccer games. This methodology includes some low and high level video processing algorithms, such as dominant color region detection, referee and player identification. Experimental results have shown the efficiency of the methodology in locating and segmenting referee and players.
Keywords :
image segmentation; object detection; sport; video signal processing; dominant color region detection; high level video processing algorithms; player detection; player segmentation; referee detection; soccer game videos; soccer video segmentation; Algorithm design and analysis; Color; Databases; Games; Gunshot detection systems; Histograms; Labeling; Layout; Performance analysis; Robustness; referee and player identification; soccer game; video segmentation;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Signals and Image Processing, 2008. IWSSIP 2008. 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bratislava
Print_ISBN :
978-80-227-2856-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-80-227-2880-5
DOI :
10.1109/IWSSIP.2008.4604421
