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A new probabilistic background model based on a Hidden Markov Model is presented. The hidden states of the model enable discrimination between foreground, background and shadow. This model functions as a low level process for a car tracker. A particle filter is employed as a stochastic filter for the car tracker. The use of a particle filter allows the incorporation of the information from the low level process via importance sampling. A novel observation density for the particle filter which models the statistical dependence of neighboring pixels based on a Markov random field is presented. The effectiveness of both the low level process and the observation likelihood are demonstrated.
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Rittscher, J., Kato, J., Joga, S., Blake, A. (2000). A Probabilistic Background Model for Tracking. In: Vernon, D. (eds) Computer Vision — ECCV 2000. ECCV 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1843. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45053-X_22
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