OPTICS聚类与目标区域概率模型的多运动目标跟踪

目的 针对多运动目标在移动背景情况下跟踪性能下降和准确度不高的问题,本文提出了一种基于OPTICS聚类与目标区域概率模型的方法。方法 首先引入了Harris-Sift特征点检测,完成相邻帧特征点匹配,提高了特征点跟踪精度和鲁棒性;再根据各运动目标与背景运动向量不同这一点,引入了改进后的OPTICS加注算法,在构建的光流图上聚类,从而准确的分离出背景,得到各运动目标的估计区域;对每个运动目标建立一个独立的目标区域概率模型(OPM),随着检测帧数的迭代更新,以得到运动目标的准确区域。结果 多运动目标在移动背景情况下跟踪性能下降和准确度不高的问题通过本文方法得到了很好地解决,Harris-Sift特征点提取、匹配时间仅为Sift特征的17%。在室外复杂环境下,本文方法的平均准确率比传统背景补偿方法高出14%,本文方法能从移动背景中准确分离出运动目标。结论 实验结果表明,该算法能满足实时要求,能够准确分离出运动目标区域和背景区域,且对相机运动、旋转,场景亮度变化等影响因素具有较强的鲁棒性。     

Moving object detection and segmentation in urban environments from a moving platform

This paper proposes an effective approach to detect and segment moving objects from two time-consecutive stereo frames, which leverages the uncertainties in camera motion estimation and in disparity computation. First, the relative camera motion and its uncertainty are computed by tracking and matching sparse features in four images. Then, the motion likelihood at each pixel is estimated by taking into account the ego-motion uncertainty and disparity in computation procedure. Finally, the motion likelihood, color and depth cues are combined in the graph-cut framework for moving object segmentation. The efficiency of the proposed method is evaluated on the KITTI benchmarking datasets, and our experiments show that the proposed approach is robust against both global (camera motion) and local (optical flow) noise. Moreover, the approach is dense as it applies to all pixels in an image, and even partially occluded moving objects can be detected successfully. Without dedicated tracking strategy, our approach achieves high recall and comparable precision on the KITTI benchmarking sequences.     

Detecting moving objects

The detection of moving objects is important in many tasks. This paper examines moving object detection based primarily on optical flow. We conclude that in realistic situations, detection using visual information alone is quite difficult, particularly when the camera may also be moving. The availability of additional information about camera motion and/or scene structure greatly simplifies the problem. Two general classes of techniques are examined. The first is based upon the motion epipolar constraint—translational motion produces a flow field radially expanding from a focus of expansion (FOE). Epipolar methods depend on knowing at least partial information about camera translation and/or rotation. The second class of methods is based on comparison of observed optical flow with other information about depth, for example from stereo vision. Examples of several of these techniques are presented.A preliminary version of this article appeared in The Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision, London, June 1987.     

Fast moving object detection with non-stationary background

The detection of moving objects under a free-moving camera is a difficult problem because the camera and object motions are mixed together and the objects are often detected into the separated components. To tackle this problem, we propose a fast moving object detection method using optical flow clustering and Delaunay triangulation as follows. First, we extract the corner feature points using Harris corner detector and compute optical flow vectors at the extracted corner feature points. Second, we cluster the optical flow vectors using K-means clustering method and reject the outlier feature points using Random Sample Consensus algorithm. Third, we classify each cluster into the camera and object motion using its scatteredness of optical flow vectors. Fourth, we compensate the camera motion using the multi-resolution block-based motion propagation method and detect the objects using the background subtraction between the previous frame and the motion compensated current frame. Finally, we merge the separately detected objects using Delaunay triangulation. The experimental results using Carnegie Mellon University database show that the proposed moving object detection method outperforms the existing other methods in terms of detection accuracy and processing time.     

Real-Time Tracking of Moving Objects with an Active Camera

This article is concerned with the design and implementation of a system for real-time monocular tracking of a moving object using the two degrees of freedom of a camera platform. Figure-ground segregation is based on motion without making anya prioriassumptions about the object form. Using only the first spatiotemporal image derivatives, substraction of the normal optical flow induced by camera motion yields the object image motion. Closed-loop control is achieved by combining a stationary Kalman estimator with an optimal Linear Quadratic Regulator. The implementation on a pipeline architecture enables a servo rate of 25 Hz. We study the effects of time-recursive filtering and fixed-point arithmetic in image processing and we test the performance of the control algorithm on controlled motion of objects.     

Determining three-dimensional motion and structure from optical flow generated by several moving objects

A new approach for the interpretation of optical flow fields is presented. The flow field, which can be produced by a sensor moving through an environment with several independently moving, rigid objects, is allowed to be sparse, noisy, and partially incorrect. The approach is based on two main stages. In the first stage, the flow field is partitioned into connected segments of flow vectors, where each segment is consistent with a rigid motion of a roughly planar surface. In the second stage, segments are grouped under the hypothesis that they are induced by a single, rigidly moving object. Each hypothesis is tested by searching for three-dimensional (3-D) motion parameters which are compatible with all the segments in the corresponding group. Once the motion parameters are recovered, the relative environmental depth can be estimated as well. Experiments based on real and simulated data are presented.     

Motion segmentation using occlusions

We examine the key role of occlusions in finding independently moving objects instantaneously in a video obtained by a moving camera with a restricted field of view. In this problem, the image motion is caused by the combined effect of camera motion (egomotion), structure (depth), and the independent motion of scene entities. For a camera with a restricted field of view undergoing a small motion between frames, there exists, in general, a set of 3D camera motions compatible with the observed flow field even if only a small amount of noise is present, leading to ambiguous 3D motion estimates. If separable sets of solutions exist, motion-based clustering can detect one category of moving objects. Even if a single inseparable set of solutions is found, we show that occlusion information can be used to find ordinal depth, which is critical in identifying a new class of moving objects. In order to find ordinal depth, occlusions must not only be known, but they must also be filled (grouped) with optical flow from neighboring regions. We present a novel algorithm for filling occlusions and deducing ordinal depth under general circumstances. Finally, we describe another category of moving objects which is detected using cardinal comparisons between structure from motion and structure estimates from another source (e.g., stereo).     

Motion estimation and segmentation

In the general structure-from-motion (SFM) problem involving several moving objects in a scene, the essential first step is to segment moving objects independently. We attempt to deal with the problem of optical flow estimation and motion segmentation over a pair of images. We apply a mean field technique to determine optical flow and motion boundaries and present a deterministic algorithm. Since motion discontinuities represented by line process are embedded in the estimation of the optical flow, our algorithm provides accurate estimates of optical flow especially along motion boundaries and handles occlusion and multiple motions. We show that the proposed algorithm outperforms other well-known algorithms in terms of estimation accuracy and timing.     

基于大数据分析的移动对象轨迹预测方法

对移动对象的轨迹预测将在移动目标跟踪识别中具有较好的应用价值。移动对象轨迹预测的基础是移动目标运动参量的采集和估计,移动目标的运动参量信息特征规模较大,传统的单分量时间序列分析方法难以实现准确的参量估计和轨迹预测。提出一种基于大数据多传感信息融合跟踪的移动对象轨迹预测算法。首先进行移动目标对象进行轨迹跟踪的控制对象描述和约束参量分析,对轨迹预测的大规模运动参量信息进行信息融合和自正整定性控制,通过大数据分析方法实现对移动对象运动参量的准确估计和检测,由此指导移动对象轨迹的准确预测,提高预测精度。仿真结果表明,采用该算法进行移动对象的运动参量估计和轨迹预测的精度较高,自适应性能较强,稳健性较好,相关的指标性能优于传统方法。     

Optical flow 3D segmentation and interpretation: a variational method with active curve evolution and level sets

This study investigates a variational, active curve evolution method for dense three-dimensional (3D) segmentation and interpretation of optical flow in an image sequence of a scene containing moving rigid objects viewed by a possibly moving camera. This method jointly performs 3D motion segmentation, 3D interpretation (recovery of 3D structure and motion), and optical flow estimation. The objective functional contains two data terms for each segmentation region, one based on the motion-only equation which relates the essential parameters of 3D rigid body motion to optical flow, and the other on the Horn and Schunck optical flow constraint. It also contains two regularization terms for each region, one for optical flow, the other for the region boundary. The necessary conditions for a minimum of the functional result in concurrent 3D-motion segmentation, by active curve evolution via level sets, and linear estimation of each region essential parameters and optical flow. Subsequently, the screw of 3D motion and regularized relative depth are recovered analytically for each region from the estimated essential parameters and optical flow. Examples are provided which verify the method and its implementation     

动态场景下基于语义和光流约束的视觉同步定位与地图构建

针对动态场景下的定位与静态语义地图构建问题,提出了一种基于语义和光流约束的动态环境下的同步定位与地图构建（SLAM）算法,以降低动态物体对定位与建图的影响。首先,对于输入的每一帧,通过语义分割获得图像中物体的掩模,再通过几何方法过滤不符合极线约束的特征点;接着,结合物体掩模与光流计算出每个物体的动态概率,根据动态概率过滤特征点以得到静态特征点,再利用静态特征点进行后续的相机位姿估计;然后,基于RGB-D图片和物体动态概率建立静态点云,并结合语义分割建立语义八叉树地图。最后,基于静态点云与语义分割创建稀疏语义地图。公共TUM数据集上的测试结果表明,高动态场景下,所提算法与ORB-SLAM2相比,在绝对轨迹误差和相对位姿误差上能取得95%以上的性能提升,与DS-SLAM、DynaSLAM相比分别减小了41%和11%的绝对轨迹误差,验证了该算法在高动态场景中具有较好的定位精度和鲁棒性。地图构建的实验结果表明,所提算法创建了静态语义地图,与点云地图相比,稀疏语义地图的存储空间需求量降低了99%。     

Piecewise-Smooth Dense Optical Flow via Level Sets

We propose a new algorithm for dense optical flow computation. Dense optical flow schemes are challenged by the presence of motion discontinuities. In state of the art optical flow methods, over-smoothing of flow discontinuities accounts for most of the error. A breakthrough in the performance of optical flow computation has recently been achieved by Brox et~al. Our algorithm embeds their functional within a two phase active contour segmentation framework. Piecewise-smooth flow fields are accommodated and flow boundaries are crisp. Experimental results show the superiority of our algorithm with respect to alternative techniques. We also study a special case of optical flow computation, in which the camera is static. In this case we utilize a known background image to separate the moving elements in the sequence from the static elements. Tests with challenging real world sequences demonstrate the performance gains made possible by incorporating the static camera assumption in our algorithm.     

基于视觉的增强现实运动跟踪算法

增强现实系统不仅具有虚拟现实的特点同时具有虚实结合的新特性，为实现虚拟物体与真实物体间的完善结合，必须实时地动态跟踪摄像与真实物体间的相对位置和方向，建立观测模,墼是而通过动态三维显示技术迅速地将虚拟物体添加到真实物体之上，然而目前大多数增强现实系统的注册对象均匀静物体，运动物体的注册跟踪尚很少有人涉足。该算法通过标志点的光流场估计真实环境中运动物体的运动参数，根据透视投影原理和刚体的运动特性确定摄像机与运动物体间的相对位置和方向，实现增强现实系统的运动目标跟踪注册。该算法构架简单、实时性强，易于实现，扩展了增强现实系统的应用范围。     

基于对极几何约束的动态背景下运动目标检测

针对动态背景下运动目标的检测问题,提出了一种基于对极几何约束的检测方法。该方法利用了视频序列中相继帧对应的背景角点满足对极几何约束条件这一原理,先提取前一帧的Harris角点,然后利用金字塔分层的Lucas-Kanade光流法获得在下一帧的对应点;利用随机采样一致性算法估计出基础矩阵,来识别背景角点和前景角点;对得到的前景角点进行聚类,每一类对应于一个运动目标区域。实验结果表明,该方法检测准确度高、检测速度快,满足实时处理的需求。     

Prior-Free Dependent Motion Segmentation Using Helmholtz-Hodge Decomposition Based Object-Motion Oriented Map

Motion segmentation in moving camera videos is a very challenging task because of the motion dependence between the camera and moving objects. Camera motion compensation is recognized as an effective approach. However, existing work depends on prior-knowledge on the camera motion and scene structure for model selection. This is not always available in practice. Moreover, the image plane motion suffers from depth variations, which leads to depth-dependent motion segmentation in 3D scenes. To solve these problems, this paper develops a prior-free dependent motion segmentation algorithm by introducing a modified Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition (HHD) based object-motion oriented map (OOM). By decomposing the image motion (optical flow) into a curl-free and a divergence-free component, all kinds of camera-induced image motions can be represented by these two components in an invariant way. HHD identifies the camera-induced image motion as one segment irrespective of depth variations with the help of OOM. To segment object motions from the scene, we deploy a novel spatio-temporal constrained quadtree labeling. Extensive experimental results on benchmarks demonstrate that our method improves the performance of the state-of-the-art by 10%~20% even over challenging scenes with complex background.     

基于改进光流特征的运动目标跟踪

在城市智能视频监控中需要对运动目标进行实时跟踪,针对传统的运动目标检测中出现的跟踪目标易丢失、跟踪率低、实时性差等问题,提出一种基于改进光流特征的运动目标跟踪检测方法,对运动行人目标进行跟踪。该方法首先采用改进的Vibe运动背景建模法对视频中存在的运动行人进行检测,再将Shi-Tomasi角点检测与LK光流法进行结合,将角点检测结果融入到LK光流法中,并对检测到的角点进行运动光流特征提取,最后通过卡尔曼滤波对出现的行人进行预测跟踪,采用匈牙利最优匹配算法实现对运动目标的持续匹配以及对运动目标的跟踪。仿真结果表明,本文提出的方法能够对视频中出现的运动目标进行检测跟踪,具有较好的识别效果,且检测效率得到提高。      

基于模糊逻辑的多相机非重叠场景的物体匹配

An approach based on fuzzy logic for matching both articulated and non-articulated objects across multiple non-overlapping field of views (FoVs) from multiple cameras is proposed. We call it fuzzy logic matching algorithm (FLMA). The approach uses the information of object motion, shape and camera topology for matching objects across camera views. The motion and shape information of targets are obtained by tracking them using a combination of ConDensation and CAMShift tracking algorithms. The information of camera topology is obtained and used by calculating the projective transformation of each view with the common ground plane. The algorithm is suitable for tracking non-rigid objects with both linear and non-linear motion. We show videos of tracking objects across multiple cameras based on FLMA. From our experiments, the system is able to correctly match the targets across views with a high accuracy.     

基于运动显著性的移动镜头下的运动目标检测

针对移动镜头下的运动目标检测中的背景建模复杂、计算量大等问题,提出一种基于运动显著性的移动镜头下的运动目标检测方法,在避免复杂的背景建模的同时实现准确的运动目标检测。该方法通过模拟人类视觉系统的注意机制,分析相机平动时场景中背景和前景的运动特点,计算视频场景的显著性,实现动态场景中运动目标检测。首先,采用光流法提取目标的运动特征,用二维高斯卷积方法抑制背景的运动纹理;然后采用直方图统计衡量运动特征的全局显著性,根据得到的运动显著图提取前景与背景的颜色信息;最后,结合贝叶斯方法对运动显著图进行处理,得到显著运动目标。通用数据库视频上的实验结果表明,所提方法能够在抑制背景运动噪声的同时,突出并准确地检测出场景中的运动目标。     

基于运动区域检测的运动目标跟踪算法*

针对传统基于模板匹配的运动目标跟踪算法存在着计算量大、模板漂移导致跟踪失败的问题,提出了一种基于运动区域检测的运动目标跟踪算法。该算法通过采用光流法对目标运动区域进行估计,计算出光流场区域的形心,确定待匹配图相匹配范围,再用模板框在已确定区域进行模板匹配跟踪。根据某开放实验室行人录像跟踪实验表明,本算法能够有效解决模板漂移问题,提高了跟踪实时性, 实现了视频对象目标的跟踪。     

Contour tracking with automatic motion model switching

In this paper we present an efficient contour-tracking algorithm which can track 2D silhouette of objects in extended image sequences. We demonstrate the ability of the tracker by tracking highly deformable contours (such as walking people) captured by a static camera. We represent contours (silhouette) of moving objects by using a cubic B-spline. The tracking algorithm is based on tracking a lower dimensional shape space (as opposed to tracking in spline space). Tracking the lower dimensional space has proved to be fast and efficient. The tracker is also coupled with an automatic motion-model switching algorithm, which makes the tracker robust and reliable when the object of interest is moving with multiple motion. The model-based tracking technique provided is capable of tracking rigid and non-rigid object contours with good tracking accuracy.