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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  2009, Vol. 10 Issue (10): 1476-1482    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A0820647
Computer & Automation     
Embedding ensemble tracking in a stochastic framework for robust object tracking
Yu GU, Ping LI, Bo HAN
Institute of Industrial Process Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Abstract  We propose an algorithm of embedding ensemble tracking in a stochastic framework to achieve robust tracking performance under partial occlusion, illumination changes, and abrupt motion. It operates on likelihood images generated by the ensemble method, and combines mean shift and particle filtering in a principled way, where a better proposal distribution is designed by first propagating particles via a motion model, and then running mean shift to move towards their local peaks in the likelihood image. An observation model in the particle filter incorporates global and local information within a region, and an adaptive motion model is adopted to depict the evolution of the object state. The algorithm needs fewer particles to manage the tracking task compared with the general particle filter, and recaptures the object quickly after occlusion occurs. Experiments on two image sequences demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed algorithm.

Key wordsEnsemble tracking      Particle filter      Mean shift      Likelihood mean     
Received: 07 September 2008     
CLC:  TP317.4  
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Yu GU, Ping LI, Bo HAN. Embedding ensemble tracking in a stochastic framework for robust object tracking. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2009, 10(10): 1476-1482.

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