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Real-Time Incremental Segmentation and Tracking of Vehicles at Low Camera Angles Using Stable Features

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Real-Time Incremental Segmentation and Tracking of Vehicles at Low Camera Angles Using Stable Features
We present a method for segmenting and tracking vehicles on highways using a camera that is relatively low to the ground. At such low angles, 3-D perspective effects cause significant changes in appearance over time, as well as severe occlusions by vehicles in neighboring lanes. Traditional approaches to occlusion reasoning assume that the vehicles initially appear well separated in the image; however, in our sequences, it is not uncommon for vehicles to enter the scene partially occluded and remain so throughout. By utilizing a 3-D perspective mapping from the scene to the image, along with a plumb line projection, we are able to distinguish a subset of features whose 3-D coordinates can be accurately estimated. These features are then grouped to yield the number and locations of the vehicles, and standard feature tracking is used to maintain the locations of the vehicles over time. Additional features are then assigned to these groups and used to classify vehicles as cars or trucks. ...
Neeraj K. Kanhere, Stanley T. Birchfield
Added 15 Dec 2010
Updated 15 Dec 2010
Type Journal
Year 2008
Where TITS
Authors Neeraj K. Kanhere, Stanley T. Birchfield
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