ICCV 2001
International Conference on Computing Vision
Vancouver, Canada,
July 9- July 12 2001

 
 
 

Plan-view Trajectory Estimation with Dense Stereo Background Models
T. Darrell, D. Demirdjian, N. Checka, P.Felzenszwalb
Vision Interface Group
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
{trevor,demirdji,nealc,pff}@ai.mit.edu

 
 
 
 
ABSTRACT
 
     
 
In a known environment, objects may be tracked in multiple views using a set of background models. Stereo-based models can be illumination-invariant, but often have undefined values which inevitably lead to foreground classification errors. We derive dense stereo models for object tracking using long-term, extended dynamic-range imagery, and by detecting and interpolating uniform but unoccluded planar regions. Foreground points are detected quickly in new images using pruned disparity search. We adopt a "late segmentation" strategy, using an integrated plan-view density representation. Foreground points are segmented into object regions only when a trajectory is finally estimated, using dynamic programming-based method. Object entry and exit are optimally determined and are not restricted to special spatial zones.