Online learning of multi-feature weights for robust object tracking

Tao Zhou, Harish Bhaskar, Kai Xie, Jie Yang, Xiangjian He, Pengfei Shi

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7 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Sparse Representation based Classification (SRC) and its potential in object tracking have been explored in recent years. However, the trade-off between the discriminative ability of the overly emphasized sparse representation and the lack of insight on correlation of visual information has raised questions over the general applicability of such methods in object tracking. In addition, the need for the optimization of a series of l1-regularized least square norm, increases the computational complexity thereby limiting their usage in real-time applications. In this paper, a novel approach to robust object tracking is proposed. First, the variations in the appearance of the tracked target is modelled using PCA basis vectors, and further, a l2-regularized least square method is used to solve the proposed representation model. In order to improve the robustness of feature representation in object tracking applications, weights are associated with multiple trackers; each formulated using a different feature, and adapted via an online learning scheme. Finally, a decision fusion criterion is imposed to generate an optimized output through the weighted combination of different tracking results. Experiments on challenging video sequences have demonstrated the superior accuracy and robustness of the proposed method in comparison to thirteen other state-of-the-art baselines.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2015 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages725-729
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479983391
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Dec 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2015 - Quebec City, Canada
Duration: 27 Sept 201530 Sept 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
Volume2015-December
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2015
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityQuebec City
Period27/09/1530/09/15

Keywords

  • l-regularized least square
  • l-regularized least square
  • object tracking
  • PCA
  • sparse representation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing

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