Computer analysis of objects’ movement in image sequences : methods and applications

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2007

Authors

João Manuel Ribeiro da Silva Tavares (Author) FEUP; Fernando Jorge Soares Carvalho (Author) FEUP; Francisco Paulo Marques de Oliveira (Author) FEUP; Maria João Medeiros de Vasconcelos (Author) FEUP; Patrícia Carla Teixeira Gonçalves (Author) FEUP; Raquel Ramos Pinho (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings National

Title: DSM 2007 - Conferência Nacional de Dinâmica de Sistemas Multicorpo

Pages: 33-40

DSM 2007 - Conferência Nacional de Dinâmica de Sistemas Multicorpo ISBN: 978-989-20-0968-1 Editores: Paulo Flores e Miguel Silva

Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 6-7 Dezembro 2007

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Technology > Computer technology > Image processing

Other information

Abstract (EN): Computer analysis of objects¿ movement in image sequences is a very complex problem, as it usually involves tasks for automatic detection, matching, tracking and deformation estimation. However, this computational analysis has a wide range of important applications; for instance, in surveillance systems, clinical analysis of human gait, objects recognition and deformation analysis. Due to the extent of purposes, several difficulties may exist, such as the simultaneous tracking of multiple objects, their possible temporary occlusion or definitive disappearance from the scene, changes of the viewpoints considered in images acquisition or of the illumination conditions, or even geometric deformations that objects may suffer during the computational analysis. In this paper, we make a brief overview of several methods that may be considered to analyze objects¿ movement; namely, for their segmentation, tracking and matching in images, and for estimation of the deformation involved between images.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8