A Real-Time Video Tracking System

A. L. Gilbert; M. K. Giles; G. M. Flachs; R. B. Rogers; Yee Hsun U

doi:10.1117/12.7972315

1 February 1979 A Real-Time Video Tracking System

A. L. Gilbert, M. K. Giles, G. M. Flachs, R. B. Rogers, Yee Hsun U

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 18, Issue 1, 180125 (February 1979). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972315

Abstract

Real-time pattern recognition as applied to 2-D imagery has been limited to trivial or near trivial algorithms due to the severe constraints on processing speed and information bandwidth. Object identification and tracking applications of pattern recognition at video rates is a problem of wide interest, with previous attempts limited to very simple threshold or correlation (restricted window) methods. New high-speed algorithms together with fast digital hardware have produced a system for missile and aircraft identification and tracking that possesses an "intelligence" that far exceeds previously implemented real-time tracking capabilities. Adaptive statistical clustering and projection based classification algorithms are applied in real time to identify and track objects that change in appearance through complex and nonstationary background/foreground situations. Fast estimation and prediction algorithms combine linear and quadratic estimators to provide speed and sensitivity. Weights are determined to provide a measure of confidence in the data and resulting decisions. Strategies based on maximizing the probability of maintaining track are developed. This paper emphasizes the theoretical aspects of the system and discusses the techniques used to achieve real-time implementation.

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A. L. Gilbert, M. K. Giles, G. M. Flachs, R. B. Rogers, and Yee Hsun U "A Real-Time Video Tracking System," Optical Engineering 18(1), 180125 (1 February 1979). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972315

Published: 1 February 1979

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