Robust segmentation of visual data using ranked unbiased scale estimate

  • Authors:
  • Alireza Bab-Hadiashar;David Suter

  • Affiliations:
  • Intelligent Robotics Research Centre, Department of Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton Vic. 3168 (Australia) ali.bab-hadiashar@eng.monash.edu.au d.suter@eng.mona ...;Intelligent Robotics Research Centre, Department of Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton Vic. 3168 (Australia) ali.bab-hadiashar@eng.monash.edu.au d.suter@eng.mona ...

  • Venue:
  • Robotica
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

A method of data segmentation, based upon robust least K-th order statistical model fitting (LKS), is proposed and applied to image motion and range data segmentation. The estimation method differs from other approaches using versions of LKS in a number of important ways. Firstly, the value of K is not determined by a complex optimization routine. Secondly, having chosen a fit, the estimation of scale of the noise is not based upon the K-th order statistic of the residuals. Other aspects of the full segmentation scheme include the use of segment contiguity to: (a) reduce the number of random sample fits used in the LKS stage, and (b) to “fill-in” holes caused by isolated miss-classified data.