IMPLEMENTATION OF REAL-TIME VISUAL TRACKING SYSTEM FOR AIRBORNE TARGETS

Muhammad Asif Memon, Furqan Muhammad Khan, Farrukh H. Khan, Rana Muhammad Anees, Omair Abdul Rahman

2008

Abstract

A real-time visual tracking system is presented for tracking airborne targets. The algorithm is based on intensity difference between background and the target in a gray-scale frame. As the background is uniform for videos of airborne targets, decision is made on contrast between tracking gate boundary and the target inside that rectangular gate. The algorithm is embedded on DSP Starter Kit (DSK) 6713 and a 586 embedded controller is used for servo control and processing. A personal computer (PC) provides the user interface for the system. The performance of the system is verified with different airborne targets from birds to helicopters and its reliability and constraints are presented.

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Asif Memon M., Muhammad Khan F., H. Khan F., Muhammad Anees R. and Abdul Rahman O. (2008). IMPLEMENTATION OF REAL-TIME VISUAL TRACKING SYSTEM FOR AIRBORNE TARGETS . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-21-0, pages 635-640. DOI: 10.5220/0001074606350640


in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp08,
author={Muhammad Asif Memon and Furqan Muhammad Khan and Farrukh H. Khan and Rana Muhammad Anees and Omair Abdul Rahman},
title={IMPLEMENTATION OF REAL-TIME VISUAL TRACKING SYSTEM FOR AIRBORNE TARGETS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={635-640},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001074606350640},
isbn={978-989-8111-21-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008)
TI - IMPLEMENTATION OF REAL-TIME VISUAL TRACKING SYSTEM FOR AIRBORNE TARGETS
SN - 978-989-8111-21-0
AU - Asif Memon M.
AU - Muhammad Khan F.
AU - H. Khan F.
AU - Muhammad Anees R.
AU - Abdul Rahman O.
PY - 2008
SP - 635
EP - 640
DO - 10.5220/0001074606350640