Improving Visual Tracking Robustness in Cluttered and Occluded Environments using Particle Filter with Hybrid Resampling

Flavio de Barros Vidal, Alexandre Zaghetto, Carla M. C. C. Koike, Diego A. L. Cordoba

2014

Abstract

Occlusions and cluttered environments represent real challenges for visual tracking methods. In order to increase robustness for such situations, we present, in this article, a method for visual tracking using a Particle Filter with Hybrid Resampling. Our approach consists of using a particle filter to estimate the state of the tracked object, and both particles’ inertia and update information are used in the resampling stage. The proposed method is tested using a public benchmark and the results are compared with other tracking algorithms. The results show that our approach performs better in cluttered environments, as well as in situations with total or partial occlusions.

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de Barros Vidal F., A. L. Cordoba D., Zaghetto A. and M. C. C. Koike C. (2014). Improving Visual Tracking Robustness in Cluttered and Occluded Environments using Particle Filter with Hybrid Resampling . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-009-3, pages 605-612. DOI: 10.5220/0004731006050612


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@conference{visapp14,
author={Flavio de Barros Vidal and Diego A. L. Cordoba and Alexandre Zaghetto and Carla M. C. C. Koike},
title={Improving Visual Tracking Robustness in Cluttered and Occluded Environments using Particle Filter with Hybrid Resampling},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={605-612},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004731006050612},
isbn={978-989-758-009-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014)
TI - Improving Visual Tracking Robustness in Cluttered and Occluded Environments using Particle Filter with Hybrid Resampling
SN - 978-989-758-009-3
AU - de Barros Vidal F.
AU - A. L. Cordoba D.
AU - Zaghetto A.
AU - M. C. C. Koike C.
PY - 2014
SP - 605
EP - 612
DO - 10.5220/0004731006050612