Automatic multiple object tracking with a single pan–tilt–zoom (PTZ) cameras is a hard task, with few approaches in the literature, most of them proposing simplistic scenarios. In this paper, we present a novel PTZ camera management framework in which at each time step, the next camera pose (pan, tilt, focal length) is chosen to support multiple object tracking. The policy can be myopic or non-myopic, where the former analyzes exclusively the current frame for deciding the next camera pose, while the latter takes into account plausible future target displacements and camera poses, through a multiple look-ahead optimization. In both cases, occlusions, a variable number of subjects and genuine pedestrian detectors are taken into account, for the first time in the literature. Convincing comparative results on synthetic data, realistic simulations and real trials validate our proposal, showing that non-myopic strategies are particularly suited for a PTZ camera management.

Non-Myopic Information Theoretic Sensor Management of a Single Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera for Multiple Object Detection and Tracking / P. Salvagnini;F. Pernici;M. Cristani;G. Lisanti;A. Del Bimbo;V. Murino. - In: COMPUTER VISION AND IMAGE UNDERSTANDING. - ISSN 1077-3142. - STAMPA. - 134:(2015), pp. 74-88. [10.1016/j.cviu.2014.12.001]

Non-Myopic Information Theoretic Sensor Management of a Single Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera for Multiple Object Detection and Tracking

PERNICI, FEDERICO;LISANTI, GIUSEPPE;DEL BIMBO, ALBERTO;
2015

Abstract

Automatic multiple object tracking with a single pan–tilt–zoom (PTZ) cameras is a hard task, with few approaches in the literature, most of them proposing simplistic scenarios. In this paper, we present a novel PTZ camera management framework in which at each time step, the next camera pose (pan, tilt, focal length) is chosen to support multiple object tracking. The policy can be myopic or non-myopic, where the former analyzes exclusively the current frame for deciding the next camera pose, while the latter takes into account plausible future target displacements and camera poses, through a multiple look-ahead optimization. In both cases, occlusions, a variable number of subjects and genuine pedestrian detectors are taken into account, for the first time in the literature. Convincing comparative results on synthetic data, realistic simulations and real trials validate our proposal, showing that non-myopic strategies are particularly suited for a PTZ camera management.
2015
134
74
88
P. Salvagnini;F. Pernici;M. Cristani;G. Lisanti;A. Del Bimbo;V. Murino
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