Descriptor-based tracking algorithm using a depth camera
- Authors: Miramontes-Jaramillo D.1, Kober V.I.1,2,3, Díaz-Ramírez V.H.4, Karnaukhov V.N.2
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Affiliations:
- Department of Computer Sciences
- Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems
- Chelyabinsk State University
- Instituto Politecnico Nacional—CITEDI
- Issue: Vol 62, No 6 (2017)
- Pages: 638-647
- Section: Mathematical Models and Computational Methods
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1064-2269/article/view/198479
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064226917060146
- ID: 198479
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Abstract
The appearance of inexpensive high-quality video cameras and depth cameras resulted in the development of a large number of object-tracking algorithms. In this paper, a new descriptor-based algorithm for real-time object tracking using the information from a Microsoft Kinect depth camera is proposed. As a descriptor for the object tracked, histograms of oriented gradients calculated from the circular sliding regions of the scene image are used. The information on the depth of the scene is used when the image of the object of interest is partially occluded by other objects in the scene. To speed up the tracking process, a model for predicting the object motion is used. To ensure real-time tracking with the proposed algorithm, a multicore graphics processor is used.
About the authors
D. Miramontes-Jaramillo
Department of Computer Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: dmiramon@cicese.edu.mx
Mexico, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana 3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860
V. I. Kober
Department of Computer Sciences; Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems; Chelyabinsk State University
Email: dmiramon@cicese.edu.mx
Mexico, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana 3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860; Moscow, 127051; ul. Brat’ev Kashirinykh 129, Chelyabinsk, 454001
V. H. Díaz-Ramírez
Instituto Politecnico Nacional—CITEDI
Email: dmiramon@cicese.edu.mx
Mexico, Ave. del Parque, Mesa de Otay, Tijuana, B.C., 22510
V. N. Karnaukhov
Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems
Email: dmiramon@cicese.edu.mx
Russian Federation, Moscow, 127051