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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2010
Hermann Hampel, Grosshabersdorf, DE;
Ulrich Berold, Nuremberg, DE;
Katharina Quast, Erlangen, DE;
Andre Kaup, Effeltrich, DE;
Hermann Hampel, Grosshabersdorf, DE;
Ulrich Berold, Nuremberg, DE;
Katharina Quast, Erlangen, DE;
Andre Kaup, Effeltrich, DE;
iAd Gesellschaft für Informatik, Automatisierung und Datenverarbeitung mbH, Groβhabersdorf, DE;
Abstract
A method and system for automatic object detection and subsequent object tracking in accordance with the object shape in digital video systems having at least one camera for recording and transmitting video sequences. In accordance with the method and system, an object detection algorithm based on a Gaussian mixture model and expanded object tracking based on Mean-Shift are combined with each other in object detection. The object detection is expanded in accordance with a model of the background by improved removal of shadows, the binary mask generated in this way is used to create an asymmetric filter core, and then the actual algorithm for the shape-adaptive object tracking, expanded by a segmentation step for adapting the shape, is initialized, and therefore a determination at least of the object shape or object contour or the orientation of the object in space is made possible.