Motion multi-object matching and position estimation based on unsynchronized image sequences

Abstract This paper proposes a novel method for motion multi-object matching and position estimation in the absence of salient features based on unsynchronized image sequences. Our proposed method aims to address the issues of traditional feature matching that requires static objects, salient featur...

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Main Authors: Kai Guo, Rui Cao, Chenyang Yue, Faxin Li, Xin Zhou, Binbin Wang
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92237-9
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author Kai Guo
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Faxin Li
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Binbin Wang
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description Abstract This paper proposes a novel method for motion multi-object matching and position estimation in the absence of salient features based on unsynchronized image sequences. Our proposed method aims to address the issues of traditional feature matching that requires static objects, salient features and the need for synchronized images when the epipolar constraint is used. Firstly, unsynchronized image sequences are captured using three calibrated cameras, and for each motion object, three spatial planes are established using multi-images. Each pair of spatial planes determines the candidate trajectory of the very object and calculates the candidate position at a specific height. Subsequently, a candidate position matrix for multiple objects between the first camera and the second camera is obtained, as well as another candidate position matrix between the first camera and the third camera. Then, based on the principle of minimum distances for motion multi-object matching, a flexible search method between the two candidate position matrices is established to calculate the distances and achieve multi-object matching at the minimum distances. According to the matching results, a new method for position estimation based on line-plane constraint is established. Finally, synthetic data and real images are used to experimentally test the performance of our proposed method, and it is compared with the matching algorithm under synchronized images based on epipolar constraint. The experimental results show that our proposed method has better performance in noise sensitivity but is slower in computation speed.
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spelling doaj-art-33a4ef0167254d8eb1b9152e69aefe322025-08-20T02:59:24ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-03-0115112010.1038/s41598-025-92237-9Motion multi-object matching and position estimation based on unsynchronized image sequencesKai Guo0Rui Cao1Chenyang Yue2Faxin Li3Xin Zhou4Binbin Wang5Northwest Institute of Nuclear TechnologyNorthwest Institute of Nuclear TechnologyNorthwest Institute of Nuclear TechnologyNorthwest Institute of Nuclear TechnologyNorthwest Institute of Nuclear TechnologyNorthwest Institute of Nuclear TechnologyAbstract This paper proposes a novel method for motion multi-object matching and position estimation in the absence of salient features based on unsynchronized image sequences. Our proposed method aims to address the issues of traditional feature matching that requires static objects, salient features and the need for synchronized images when the epipolar constraint is used. Firstly, unsynchronized image sequences are captured using three calibrated cameras, and for each motion object, three spatial planes are established using multi-images. Each pair of spatial planes determines the candidate trajectory of the very object and calculates the candidate position at a specific height. Subsequently, a candidate position matrix for multiple objects between the first camera and the second camera is obtained, as well as another candidate position matrix between the first camera and the third camera. Then, based on the principle of minimum distances for motion multi-object matching, a flexible search method between the two candidate position matrices is established to calculate the distances and achieve multi-object matching at the minimum distances. According to the matching results, a new method for position estimation based on line-plane constraint is established. Finally, synthetic data and real images are used to experimentally test the performance of our proposed method, and it is compared with the matching algorithm under synchronized images based on epipolar constraint. The experimental results show that our proposed method has better performance in noise sensitivity but is slower in computation speed.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92237-9
spellingShingle Kai Guo
Rui Cao
Chenyang Yue
Faxin Li
Xin Zhou
Binbin Wang
Motion multi-object matching and position estimation based on unsynchronized image sequences
Scientific Reports
title Motion multi-object matching and position estimation based on unsynchronized image sequences
title_full Motion multi-object matching and position estimation based on unsynchronized image sequences
title_fullStr Motion multi-object matching and position estimation based on unsynchronized image sequences
title_full_unstemmed Motion multi-object matching and position estimation based on unsynchronized image sequences
title_short Motion multi-object matching and position estimation based on unsynchronized image sequences
title_sort motion multi object matching and position estimation based on unsynchronized image sequences
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92237-9
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