Video-Based Automatic Target Recognition

TitleVideo-Based Automatic Target Recognition
Publication TypeReports
Year of Publication2004
AuthorsZhou SK, Chellappa R, Mei X, Wu H, Zheng Q
Date Published2004/12//
InstitutionMARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK CENTER FOR AUTOMATION RESEARCH
Keywords*SEQUENCES(MATHEMATICS), *TARGET RECOGNITION, *VEHICLES, *VIDEO RECORDING, algorithms, AUTOMATIC TRACKING., COMPONENT REPORTS, MOVING TARGETS, SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND EQUIPMENT, SYMPOSIA, TARGET CLASSIFICATION, TARGET DIRECTION, RANGE AND POSITION FINDING, tracking, VIDEO SIGNALS
Abstract

We present an approach for vehicle classification in IR video sequences by integrating detection, tracking and recognition. The method has two steps. First, the moving target is automatically detected using a detection algorithm. Next, we perform simultaneous tracking and recognition using an appearance-model based particle filter. The tracking result is evaluated at each frame. Low confidence in tracking performance initiates a new cycle of detection, tracking and classification. We demonstrate the robustness of the proposed method using outdoor IR video sequences.

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