If a somewhat fast moving object exists in a complicated tracking environment, snake's nodes may fall into the inaccurate local minima. We propose a mean shift snake algorithm to solve this problem. However, if th...If a somewhat fast moving object exists in a complicated tracking environment, snake's nodes may fall into the inaccurate local minima. We propose a mean shift snake algorithm to solve this problem. However, if the object goes beyond the limits of mean shift snake module operation in suc- cessive sequences, mean shift snake's nodes may also fall into the local minima in their moving to the new object position. This paper presents a motion compensation strategy by using particle filter; therefore a new Particle Filter Mean Shift Snake (PFMSS) algorithm is proposed which combines particle filter with mean shift snake to fulfill the estimation of the fast moving object contour. Firstly, the fast moving object is tracked by particle filter to create a coarse position which is used to initialize the mean shift algorithm. Secondly, the whole relevant motion information is used to compensate the snake's node positions. Finally, snake algorithm is used to extract the exact object contour and the useful information of the object is fed back. Some real world sequences are tested and the results show that the novel tracking method have a good performance with high accuracy in solving the fast moving problems in cluttered background.展开更多
Based on the feature of stereo images' content and the property of natural objects, we redefine the general order matching constraint with object contour restriction. According to the modified order matching const...Based on the feature of stereo images' content and the property of natural objects, we redefine the general order matching constraint with object contour restriction. According to the modified order matching constraint, we propose a robust algorithm for disparity map post processing. Verified by computer simulations using synthetic stereo images with given disparities, our new algorithm proves to be not only efficient in disparity error detection and correction, but also very robust, which can resolve the severe problem in the algorithm proposed in Ref. that if there are large differences among the depths of objects in a scene, the algorithm will make mistakes during the process of disparity error detection and correction.展开更多
Man-made object detection is of great significance in both military and civil areas, such as search-and-rescue missions at sea, traffic signs recognition during visual navigation, and targets location in a military st...Man-made object detection is of great significance in both military and civil areas, such as search-and-rescue missions at sea, traffic signs recognition during visual navigation, and targets location in a military strike. Contours of man-made objects usually consist of straight lines, corner points, and simple curves. Motivated by this observation, a man-made object detection method is proposed based on complexity evaluation of object contours. After salient contours which keep the crucial information of objects are accurately extracted using an improved mean-shift clustering algorithm, a novel approach is presented to evaluate the complexity of contours. By comparing the entropy values of contours before/after sampling and linear interpolation, it is easy to distinguish between man-made objects and natural ones according to the complexity of their contours.Experimental results show that the presented method can effectively detect man-made objects when compared to the existing ones.展开更多
Small storage space for photographs in formal documents is increasingly necessary in today＇s needs for huge amounts of data communication and storage. Traditional compression algorithms do not sufficiently utilize th...Small storage space for photographs in formal documents is increasingly necessary in today＇s needs for huge amounts of data communication and storage. Traditional compression algorithms do not sufficiently utilize the distinctness of formal photographs. That is, the object is an image of the human head, and the background is in unicolor. Therefore, the compression is of low efficiency and the image after compression is still space-consuming. This paper presents an image compression algorithm based on object segmentation for practical high-efficiency applications. To achieve high coding efficiency, shape-adaptive discrete wavelet transforms are used to transformation arbitrarily shaped objects. The areas of the human head and its background are compressed separately to reduce the coding redundancy of the background. Two methods, lossless image contour coding based on differential chain, and modified set partitioning in hierarchical trees （SPIHT） algorithm of arbitrary shape, are discussed in detail. The results of experiments show that when bit per pixel （bpp）is equal to 0.078, peak signal-to-noise ratio （PSNR） of reconstructed photograph will exceed the standard of SPIHT by nearly 4dB.展开更多
A method of object detection based on combination of local and spatial information is proposed. Firstly, the categorygiven representative images are chosen through clustering to be templates, and the local and spatial...A method of object detection based on combination of local and spatial information is proposed. Firstly, the categorygiven representative images are chosen through clustering to be templates, and the local and spatial information of template are ex- tracted and generalized as the template feature. At the same time, the codebook dictionary of local contour is also built up. Secondly, based on the codebook dictionary, sliding-window mechanism and the vote algorithm are used to select initial candidate object win- dows. Lastly, the final object windows are got from initial candidate windows based on local and spatial structure feature matching. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach is able to consistently identify and accurately detect the objects with better performance than the existing methods.展开更多
直角化可以强化建筑物目标的直角特征,是对建筑物目标实现地理信息规范化表达的有效方式之一。受志愿者的专业水平、判读准确性等诸多因素影响,OSM(open street map)平台大量建筑物目标轮廓存在非正交问题,不利于地理信息的规范化表达...直角化可以强化建筑物目标的直角特征,是对建筑物目标实现地理信息规范化表达的有效方式之一。受志愿者的专业水平、判读准确性等诸多因素影响,OSM(open street map)平台大量建筑物目标轮廓存在非正交问题,不利于地理信息的规范化表达。为此,本文提出了一种基于条件极值的建筑物目标轮廓优化的方法进行修正。首先,以建筑物目标的墙体正交为前提,利用拉格朗日数乘构造直角化模型;然后,对构成建筑物目标轮廓的各个节点位置进行改正,使建筑物目标轮廓墙体正交,从而实现建筑物目标轮廓直角化;最后,对直角化修正前后建筑物目标进行相似度计算和分析。对比实验结果表明,本文方法能有效且稳定提高建筑物目标修正精度。展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60672094)
文摘If a somewhat fast moving object exists in a complicated tracking environment, snake's nodes may fall into the inaccurate local minima. We propose a mean shift snake algorithm to solve this problem. However, if the object goes beyond the limits of mean shift snake module operation in suc- cessive sequences, mean shift snake's nodes may also fall into the local minima in their moving to the new object position. This paper presents a motion compensation strategy by using particle filter; therefore a new Particle Filter Mean Shift Snake (PFMSS) algorithm is proposed which combines particle filter with mean shift snake to fulfill the estimation of the fast moving object contour. Firstly, the fast moving object is tracked by particle filter to create a coarse position which is used to initialize the mean shift algorithm. Secondly, the whole relevant motion information is used to compensate the snake's node positions. Finally, snake algorithm is used to extract the exact object contour and the useful information of the object is fed back. Some real world sequences are tested and the results show that the novel tracking method have a good performance with high accuracy in solving the fast moving problems in cluttered background.
文摘Based on the feature of stereo images' content and the property of natural objects, we redefine the general order matching constraint with object contour restriction. According to the modified order matching constraint, we propose a robust algorithm for disparity map post processing. Verified by computer simulations using synthetic stereo images with given disparities, our new algorithm proves to be not only efficient in disparity error detection and correction, but also very robust, which can resolve the severe problem in the algorithm proposed in Ref. that if there are large differences among the depths of objects in a scene, the algorithm will make mistakes during the process of disparity error detection and correction.
基金co-supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61473148)the Funding of Jiangsu Innovation Program for Graduate Education (No. KYLX16_0337)
文摘Man-made object detection is of great significance in both military and civil areas, such as search-and-rescue missions at sea, traffic signs recognition during visual navigation, and targets location in a military strike. Contours of man-made objects usually consist of straight lines, corner points, and simple curves. Motivated by this observation, a man-made object detection method is proposed based on complexity evaluation of object contours. After salient contours which keep the crucial information of objects are accurately extracted using an improved mean-shift clustering algorithm, a novel approach is presented to evaluate the complexity of contours. By comparing the entropy values of contours before/after sampling and linear interpolation, it is easy to distinguish between man-made objects and natural ones according to the complexity of their contours.Experimental results show that the presented method can effectively detect man-made objects when compared to the existing ones.
基金This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.60372066)
文摘Small storage space for photographs in formal documents is increasingly necessary in today＇s needs for huge amounts of data communication and storage. Traditional compression algorithms do not sufficiently utilize the distinctness of formal photographs. That is, the object is an image of the human head, and the background is in unicolor. Therefore, the compression is of low efficiency and the image after compression is still space-consuming. This paper presents an image compression algorithm based on object segmentation for practical high-efficiency applications. To achieve high coding efficiency, shape-adaptive discrete wavelet transforms are used to transformation arbitrarily shaped objects. The areas of the human head and its background are compressed separately to reduce the coding redundancy of the background. Two methods, lossless image contour coding based on differential chain, and modified set partitioning in hierarchical trees （SPIHT） algorithm of arbitrary shape, are discussed in detail. The results of experiments show that when bit per pixel （bpp）is equal to 0.078, peak signal-to-noise ratio （PSNR） of reconstructed photograph will exceed the standard of SPIHT by nearly 4dB.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(60972095)Shaanxi Province Education Office Research Plan(2010JK589)
文摘A method of object detection based on combination of local and spatial information is proposed. Firstly, the categorygiven representative images are chosen through clustering to be templates, and the local and spatial information of template are ex- tracted and generalized as the template feature. At the same time, the codebook dictionary of local contour is also built up. Secondly, based on the codebook dictionary, sliding-window mechanism and the vote algorithm are used to select initial candidate object win- dows. Lastly, the final object windows are got from initial candidate windows based on local and spatial structure feature matching. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach is able to consistently identify and accurately detect the objects with better performance than the existing methods.
文摘直角化可以强化建筑物目标的直角特征,是对建筑物目标实现地理信息规范化表达的有效方式之一。受志愿者的专业水平、判读准确性等诸多因素影响,OSM(open street map)平台大量建筑物目标轮廓存在非正交问题,不利于地理信息的规范化表达。为此,本文提出了一种基于条件极值的建筑物目标轮廓优化的方法进行修正。首先,以建筑物目标的墙体正交为前提,利用拉格朗日数乘构造直角化模型;然后,对构成建筑物目标轮廓的各个节点位置进行改正,使建筑物目标轮廓墙体正交,从而实现建筑物目标轮廓直角化;最后,对直角化修正前后建筑物目标进行相似度计算和分析。对比实验结果表明,本文方法能有效且稳定提高建筑物目标修正精度。
