HEAD DETECTION IN STEREO DATA FOR PEOPLE COUNTING AND SEGMENTATION

Tim van Oosterhout, Sander Bakkes, Ben Kröse

2011

Abstract

In this paper we propose a head detection method using range data from a stereo camera. The method is based on a technique that has been introduced in the domain of voxel data. For application in stereo cameras, the technique is extended (1) to be applicable to stereo data, and (2) to be robust with regard to noise and variation in environmental settings. The method consists of foreground selection, head detection, and blob separation, and, to improve results in case of misdetections, incorporates a means for people tracking. It is tested in experiments with actual stereo data, gathered from three distinct real-life scenarios. Experimental results show that the proposed method performs well in terms of both precision and recall. In addition, the method was shown to perform well in highly crowded situations. From our results, we may conclude that the proposed method provides a strong basis for head detection in applications that utilise stereo cameras.

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van Oosterhout T., Bakkes S. and Kröse B. (2011). HEAD DETECTION IN STEREO DATA FOR PEOPLE COUNTING AND SEGMENTATION . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-47-8, pages 620-625. DOI: 10.5220/0003362806200625


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@conference{visapp11,
author={Tim van Oosterhout and Sander Bakkes and Ben Kröse},
title={HEAD DETECTION IN STEREO DATA FOR PEOPLE COUNTING AND SEGMENTATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={620-625},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003362806200625},
isbn={978-989-8425-47-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2011)
TI - HEAD DETECTION IN STEREO DATA FOR PEOPLE COUNTING AND SEGMENTATION
SN - 978-989-8425-47-8
AU - van Oosterhout T.
AU - Bakkes S.
AU - Kröse B.
PY - 2011
SP - 620
EP - 625
DO - 10.5220/0003362806200625