Enhanced optical tracking

Tracy McSheery

doi:10.1117/12.779441

15 April 2008 Enhanced optical tracking

Tracy McSheery

Proceedings Volume 6957, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2008; 69570A (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779441
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Enhanced tracking is accomplished by increasing the resolution, frame rate and processing capabilities in tracking dynamic regions of interest for vision applications. In many proven algorithms, the ability to distinguish an object and track it is dependent on the system performance in more than one attribute. We have conducted studies on proven techniques such as Active Appearance Models, Principle Component Analysis and Eigen tracking. All perform better as the camera resolution increases, and camera frame rate increases. Additional opportunities have been observed by combining these techniques, taking advantage of Multicore CPUs, and GPU graphic card processing. Results from an 8 Megapixel commercial sensor combined with a Field Programmable Gate array are presented, and algorithm performance compared with down scaled images of the same scenes, and simulated typical 30 hertz frame rates verses the 120 hertz to 300 hertz typical of this smart camera.

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Tracy McSheery "Enhanced optical tracking", Proc. SPIE 6957, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2008, 69570A (15 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779441

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