Autonomous in situ training of classification modules in real-time vision systems and its application to pedestrian recognition

  • Authors:
  • Christian Wöhler

  • Affiliations:
  • DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology, Image Understanding Systems (FT3/AB), P.O. Box 2360, D-89013 Ulm, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Pattern Recognition Letters
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

This contribution describes a classification module integrated into an image processing system consisting of a subsequent detection, tracking, and classification stage that extends its "knowledge" about a certain object class by autonomous in situ training. In our scenario, a classifier initially trained with front and rear views of pedestrians mainly in dark clothes subsequently extends its recognition capabilities in a first step towards lateral views of pedestrians in dark clothes, in a second step towards lateral views of pedestrians wearing both dark and bright clothes. Although supervised training algorithms are applied, at no point during the autonomous in situ training processes is an interaction with a human operator necessary; all training labels are autonomously generated by computing track-specific class assignments from time-step-specific class assignments. It is demonstrated that a significant improvement of the recognition performance with respect to new appearances, i.e., lateral views, of pedestrians, can be achieved without "forgetting" the initial front and rear views.