A Mathematical Model for Computer Image Tracking

  • Authors:
  • George R. Legters;Tzay Y. Young

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124/ Institute for Acoustical Research, Miami, FL 33130.;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
  • Year:
  • 1982

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Abstract

A mathematical model using an operator formulation for a moving object in a sequence of images is presented. Time-varying translation and rotation operators are derived to describe the motion. A variational estimation algorithm is developed to track the dynamic parameters of the operators. The occlusion problem is alleviated by using a predictive Kalman filter to keep the tracking on course during severe occlusion. The tracking algorithm (variational estimation in conjunction with Kalman filter) is implemented to track moving objects with occasional occlusion in computer-simulated binary images.