MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING BASED ON SOFT ASSIGNMENT OF DETECTION RESPONSES

Sami Huttunen, Janne Heikkilä

2010

Abstract

We introduce a new detection-based method that is able to track multiple objects from a single camera. The method is built upon an approach that combines Kalman filtering and the Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm. The benefit of this approach is that soft assignment of the detections to corresponding objects can be performed automatically using their a posteriori probabilities. This is a general approach for detectionbased multi-object tracking, and there are various ways to detect the objects. In this paper, we demonstrate the applicability of the approach for tracking multiple pedestrians and faces using a basic cascade detector.

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Huttunen S. and Heikkilä J. (2010). MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING BASED ON SOFT ASSIGNMENT OF DETECTION RESPONSES . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-028-3, pages 296-301. DOI: 10.5220/0002820602960301


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@conference{visapp10,
author={Sami Huttunen and Janne Heikkilä},
title={MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING BASED ON SOFT ASSIGNMENT OF DETECTION RESPONSES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={296-301},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002820602960301},
isbn={978-989-674-028-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2010)
TI - MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING BASED ON SOFT ASSIGNMENT OF DETECTION RESPONSES
SN - 978-989-674-028-3
AU - Huttunen S.
AU - Heikkilä J.
PY - 2010
SP - 296
EP - 301
DO - 10.5220/0002820602960301