REAL-TIME MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING WITH FEW PARTICLES - A Parallel Extension of MCMC Algorithm

François Bardet, Thierry Chateau, Datta Ramadasan

2009

Abstract

This paper addresses real-time automatic tracking and labeling of a variable number of generic objects, using one or more static cameras. The multi-object configuration is tracked through a Markov Chain Monte-Carlo Particle Filter (MCMC PF) method. As this method sequentially processes particles, it cannot be speeded up by parallel computing allowed by multi-core processing units. As a main contribution, we propose in this paper an extended MCMC PF algorithm, benefiting from parallel computing, and we show that this strategy improves tracking operation. This paper also addresses object tracking involving occlusions, deep scale and appearance changes: we propose a global observation function allowing to fairly track far objects as well as close objects. Experiment results are shown and discussed on pedestrian and on vehicle tracking sequences.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Bardet F., Chateau T. and Ramadasan D. (2009). REAL-TIME MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING WITH FEW PARTICLES - A Parallel Extension of MCMC Algorithm . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-69-2, pages 457-464. DOI: 10.5220/0001779104570464

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp09,
author={François Bardet and Thierry Chateau and Datta Ramadasan},
title={REAL-TIME MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING WITH FEW PARTICLES - A Parallel Extension of MCMC Algorithm},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={457-464},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001779104570464},
isbn={978-989-8111-69-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)
TI - REAL-TIME MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING WITH FEW PARTICLES - A Parallel Extension of MCMC Algorithm
SN - 978-989-8111-69-2
AU - Bardet F.
AU - Chateau T.
AU - Ramadasan D.
PY - 2009
SP - 457
EP - 464
DO - 10.5220/0001779104570464