Abstract
In this paper, we present an object contour tracking approach using graph cuts based active contours (GCBAC). Our proposed algorithm does not need any a priori global shape model, which makes it useful for tracking objects with deformable shapes and appearances. GCBAC are not sensitive to initial conditions and always converge to the optimal contour within the dilated neighborhood of itself. Given an initial boundary near the object in the first frame, GCBAC can iteratively converge to an optimal object boundary. In each frame thereafter, the resulting contour in the previous frame is taken as initialization and the algorithm consists of two steps. In the first step, GCBAC are applied to the difference between this frame and its previous one. The resulting contour is taken as initialization of the second step, which applies GCBAC to current frame directly. To evaluate the tracking performance, we apply the algorithm to several real world video sequences. Experimental results are provided.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages | III/277-III/280 |
State | Published - 2002 |
Event | International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP'02) - Rochester, NY, United States Duration: Sep 22 2002 → Sep 25 2002 |
Other
Other | International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP'02) |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Rochester, NY |
Period | 9/22/02 → 9/25/02 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hardware and Architecture
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering