Sequential Monte Carlo-guided ensemble tracking

PLoS One. 2017 Apr 11;12(4):e0173297. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173297. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

A great deal of robustness is allowed when visual tracking is considered as a classification problem. This paper combines a finite number of weak classifiers in a SMC framework as a strong classifier. The time-varying ensemble parameters (confidence of weak classifiers) are regarded as sequential arriving states and their posterior distribution is estimated in a Bayesian manner. Therefore, both the adaptiveness and stability are kept for the ensemble classification in handling scene changes and target deformation. Moreover, to increase the tracking accuracy, weak classifiers including Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Large Margin Distribution Machine (LDM) are combined as a hybrid strong one, with adaptiveness to the sample scales. Comprehensive experiments are performed on benchmark videos with various tracking challenges, and the proposed method is demonstrated to be better than or comparable to the state-of-the-art trackers.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bayes Theorem
  • Deer
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Monte Carlo Method*
  • Motion
  • Support Vector Machine
  • Video Recording

Grants and funding

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61300099, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project under Grant No. 2015M570261, and the Science and Technology Development Plan of Jilin Province under grant No. 20170101144JC, the open fund of China key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education under Grand No. 93K172016K14.