Robust People Tracking Using an Adaptive Sensor Fusion between a Laser Scanner and Video Camera

Robust detection and tracking in a smart environment have numerous valuable applications. In this paper, an adaptive sensor fusion method which automatically compensates for bias between a laser scanner and video camera is proposed for tracking multiple people. The proposed system comprises five com...

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Main Authors: Yeong Nam Chae, Yeong-Jae Choi, Yong-Ho Seo, Hyun S. Yang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-03-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/521383
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Yeong-Jae Choi
Yong-Ho Seo
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description Robust detection and tracking in a smart environment have numerous valuable applications. In this paper, an adaptive sensor fusion method which automatically compensates for bias between a laser scanner and video camera is proposed for tracking multiple people. The proposed system comprises five components: blob extraction, object tracking, scan data clustering, a cluster selection, and updating the bias. Based on the position of object in an image, the proposed system determines the candidate scan region. Then, the laser scan data in the candidate region of an object is clustered into several clusters. A cluster which has maximum probability as an object is selected using a discriminant function. Finally, a horizontal bias between the laser scanner and video camera is updated based on the selected cluster information. To evaluate the performance of the proposed system, we show error analysis and two applications. The results confirm that the proposed system can be used for a real-time tracking system and interactive virtual environment.
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spelling doaj-art-90b9f1e05d074eefb5c5e1e54ff909802025-08-20T03:18:56ZengWileyInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772013-03-01910.1155/2013/521383Robust People Tracking Using an Adaptive Sensor Fusion between a Laser Scanner and Video CameraYeong Nam Chae0Yeong-Jae Choi1Yong-Ho Seo2Hyun S. Yang3 Department of Computer Science, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea Department of Computer Science, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea Department of Intelligent Robot Engineering, Mokwon University, 88 Doanbok-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea Department of Computer Science, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of KoreaRobust detection and tracking in a smart environment have numerous valuable applications. In this paper, an adaptive sensor fusion method which automatically compensates for bias between a laser scanner and video camera is proposed for tracking multiple people. The proposed system comprises five components: blob extraction, object tracking, scan data clustering, a cluster selection, and updating the bias. Based on the position of object in an image, the proposed system determines the candidate scan region. Then, the laser scan data in the candidate region of an object is clustered into several clusters. A cluster which has maximum probability as an object is selected using a discriminant function. Finally, a horizontal bias between the laser scanner and video camera is updated based on the selected cluster information. To evaluate the performance of the proposed system, we show error analysis and two applications. The results confirm that the proposed system can be used for a real-time tracking system and interactive virtual environment.https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/521383
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Robust People Tracking Using an Adaptive Sensor Fusion between a Laser Scanner and Video Camera
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
title Robust People Tracking Using an Adaptive Sensor Fusion between a Laser Scanner and Video Camera
title_full Robust People Tracking Using an Adaptive Sensor Fusion between a Laser Scanner and Video Camera
title_fullStr Robust People Tracking Using an Adaptive Sensor Fusion between a Laser Scanner and Video Camera
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title_short Robust People Tracking Using an Adaptive Sensor Fusion between a Laser Scanner and Video Camera
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url https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/521383
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