OCCUPANCY ANALYSIS OF SPORTS ARENAS USING THERMAL IMAGING

Rikke Gade, Anders Jørgensen, Thomas B. Moeslund

2012

Abstract

This paper presents a system for automatic analysis of the occupancy of sports arenas. By using a thermal camera for image capturing the number of persons and their location on the court are found without violating any privacy issues. The images are binarised with an automatic threshold method. Reflections due to shiny surfaces are eliminated by analysing symmetric patterns. Occlusions are dealt with through a concavity analysis of the binary regions. The system is tested in five different sports arenas, for more than three full weeks altogether. These tests showed that after a short initialisation routine the system operates independent of the different environments. The system can very precisely distinguish between zero, some or many persons on the court and give a good indication of which parts of the court that has been used.

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Gade R., Jørgensen A. and B. Moeslund T. (2012). OCCUPANCY ANALYSIS OF SPORTS ARENAS USING THERMAL IMAGING . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-04-4, pages 277-283. DOI: 10.5220/0003843202770283


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@conference{visapp12,
author={Rikke Gade and Anders Jørgensen and Thomas B. Moeslund},
title={OCCUPANCY ANALYSIS OF SPORTS ARENAS USING THERMAL IMAGING},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={277-283},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003843202770283},
isbn={978-989-8565-04-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)
TI - OCCUPANCY ANALYSIS OF SPORTS ARENAS USING THERMAL IMAGING
SN - 978-989-8565-04-4
AU - Gade R.
AU - Jørgensen A.
AU - B. Moeslund T.
PY - 2012
SP - 277
EP - 283
DO - 10.5220/0003843202770283