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Long-term Video Tracking of Cohoused Aquatic Animals: A Case Study of the Daily Locomotor Activity of the Norway Lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)
Published on: April 8, 2019
A model and tracking algorithm for a class of video targets
1MEMBER, IEEE, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesvile, VA 22901; Department of Electrical Engineerin.
Abstract:
Algorithms are developed for a real-time, automatic system capable of tracking two-dimensional (2-D) targets in complex scenes. A mathematical model of 2-D image spatial and temporal evolution applicable to certain classes of targets and target perturbations is developed. It is shown that for small target perturbations the 2-D tracking problem may be approximated as a 1-D time-varying parameter estimation problem. A CCD-implementable solution is developed which is particularly useful when considering target rotation and dilation and target/background separation. Results of system simulation and suggestions for future research are presented.
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