High-Speed and Robust Monocular Tracking

Henning Tjaden, Ulrich Schwanecke, Frédéric Stein, Elmar Schömer

2015

Abstract

In this paper, we present a system for high-speed robust monocular tracking (HSRM-Tracking) of active markers. The proposed algorithm robustly and accurately tracks multiple markers at full framerate of current high-speed cameras. For this, we have developed a novel, nearly co-planar marker pattern that can be identified without initialization or incremental tracking. The pattern also encodes a unique ID to identify different markers. The individual markers are calibrated semi-automatically, thus no time-consuming and error-prone manual measurement is needed. Finally we show that the minimal spatial structure of the marker can be used to robustly avoid pose ambiguities even at large distances to the camera. This allows us to measure the pose of each individual marker with high accuracy in a vast area.

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Tjaden H., Schwanecke U., Stein F. and Schömer E. (2015). High-Speed and Robust Monocular Tracking . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-091-8, pages 462-471. DOI: 10.5220/0005267104620471


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@conference{visapp15,
author={Henning Tjaden and Ulrich Schwanecke and Frédéric Stein and Elmar Schömer},
title={High-Speed and Robust Monocular Tracking},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={462-471},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005267104620471},
isbn={978-989-758-091-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015)
TI - High-Speed and Robust Monocular Tracking
SN - 978-989-758-091-8
AU - Tjaden H.
AU - Schwanecke U.
AU - Stein F.
AU - Schömer E.
PY - 2015
SP - 462
EP - 471
DO - 10.5220/0005267104620471