Combining Object and Feature Dynamics in Probabilistic Tracking
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Taycher, Leonid; Fisher III, John W.; Darrell, Trevor
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Objects can exhibit different dynamics at different scales, a property that isoftenexploited by visual tracking algorithms. A local dynamicmodel is typically used to extract image features that are then used as inputsto a system for tracking the entire object using a global dynamic model.Approximate local dynamicsmay be brittle---point trackers drift due to image noise and adaptivebackground models adapt to foreground objects that becomestationary---but constraints from the global model can make them more robust.We propose a probabilistic framework for incorporating globaldynamics knowledge into the local feature extraction processes.A global tracking algorithm can beformulated as a generative model and used to predict feature values thatinfluence the observation process of thefeature extractor. We combine such models in a multichain graphicalmodel framework.We show the utility of our framework for improving feature tracking and thusshapeand motion estimates in a batch factorization algorithm.We also propose an approximate filtering algorithm appropriate for onlineapplications, and demonstrate its application to problems such as backgroundsubtraction, structure from motion and articulated body tracking.
Date issued
2005-03-02Other identifiers
MIT-CSAIL-TR-2005-016
AIM-2005-008
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Keywords
AI, graphical models, feature extraction, tracking