Improved Accuracy in Gradient-Based Optical Flow Estimation

  • Authors:
  • Jonathan W. Brandt

  • Affiliations:
  • Advanced Systems Division, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA, 94043. E-mail: brandt@sgi.com

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Computer Vision
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

Optical flow estimation by means of first derivatives can producesurprisingly accurate and dense optical flow fields. In particular,recent empirical evidence suggests that the method that is based onlocal optimization of first-order constancy constraints is among themost accurate and reliable methods available. Nevertheless, asystematic investigation of the effects of the various parameters forthis algorithm is still lacking. This paper reports such aninvestigation. Performance is assessed in terms of flow-fieldaccuracy, density, and resolution. The investigation yields newinformation regarding pre-filter, differentiator, least-squaresneighborhood, and reliability test selection. Several changes topreviously-employed parameter settings result in significant overallperformance improvements, while they simultaneously reduce thecomputational cost of the estimator.