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Tracking nonstationary visual appearances by data-driven adaptation.

Ming Yang¹, Zhimin Fan, Jialue Fan

¹NEC laboratories America, Inc., Cupertino, CA 95014, USA. m-yang4@u.northwestern.edu

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing : a Publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society

|May 29, 2009

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This study introduces novel constraints for visual tracking to prevent adaptation drift caused by changing appearances. The proposed subspace tracking method significantly improves tracking accuracy in nonstationary scenes.

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Signal Processing

Background:

Visual tracking often relies solely on appearance, which can be nonstationary and lead to tracking failures.
Adapting observation models to nonstationary appearances is challenging due to the risk of adaptation drift.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a robust visual tracking method that addresses adaptation drift in nonstationary scenes.
To introduce novel data-driven constraints for optimal observation model adaptation.

Main Methods:

The study frames visual tracking as a subspace adaptation problem.
Three novel constraints are enforced: negative data, bottom-up pair-wise data constraints, and adaptation dynamics.
A closed-form solution and an iterative algorithm for subspace tracking are presented.

Main Results:

The proposed approach effectively alleviates adaptation drift.
Experiments show improved tracking results across various nonstationary scenes.
The method demonstrates superior performance compared to existing adaptation schemes.

Conclusions:

The novel constraints and subspace adaptation framework provide a robust solution for visual tracking in nonstationary environments.
The developed algorithms offer practical and effective methods for enhancing tracking accuracy and stability.