Feature-Based Human Tracking

ISBN-13: 9783639165777 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 292 str.

Martínez Del Rincón

Opis

A robust tracking algorithm is the cornerstone ofhuman motion analysis applications. This bookdescribes the tracking problem from three points ofview: punctual, regional and human pose modelling. Inthe first one, the subject is considered as a compactobject, small and rigid. In the second one, it ispossible to model it as a set of connected regions,each one with its own properties, and which junctionidentifies the subject. The last point of view allowsus to identify the person as a non-rigid object, withmorphologic and dynamic properties which areintrinsically human. Our goal consists in the studyand understanding of these three different stages inwhich the human being can be modelled, as well as theselection of the most suitable stage depending on theapplication and the problem to be solved. The problemwill set the necessities and impose the limitationsin each time, due to internal factors (multipletarget, occlusions, camera location) or externalfactors (cost, technical feasibility).

O autorze

Jesús Martínez del Rincón received the PhD degree from the
University of Zaragoza specialising in Biomedical Engineering in
2008. He previously graduated from the University of Zaragoza in
Telecommunication in 2003. His current research interests include
aspects of computer vision such as human motion analysis and
multi-target tracking in real time