An experimental comparison of online object-tracking algorithms

Qing Wang; Feng Chen; Wenli Xu; Ming-Hsuan Yang

doi:10.1117/12.895965

27 September 2011 An experimental comparison of online object-tracking algorithms

Qing Wang, Feng Chen, Wenli Xu, Ming-Hsuan Yang

Proceedings Volume 8138, Wavelets and Sparsity XIV; 81381A (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.895965
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This paper reviews and evaluates several state-of-the-art online object tracking algorithms. Notwithstanding decades of efforts, object tracking remains a challenging problem due to factors such as illumination, pose, scale, deformation, motion blur, noise, and occlusion. To account for appearance change, most recent tracking algorithms focus on robust object representations and effective state prediction. In this paper, we analyze the components of each tracking method and identify their key roles in dealing with specific challenges, thereby shedding light on how to choose and design algorithms for different situations. We compare state-of-the-art online tracking methods including the IVT,¹ VRT,² FragT,³ BoostT,⁴ SemiT,⁵ BeSemiT,⁶ L1T,⁷ MILT,⁸ VTD⁹ and TLD¹⁰ algorithms on numerous challenging sequences, and evaluate them with different performance metrics. The qualitative and quantitative comparative results demonstrate the strength and weakness of these algorithms.

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Qing Wang, Feng Chen, Wenli Xu, and Ming-Hsuan Yang "An experimental comparison of online object-tracking algorithms", Proc. SPIE 8138, Wavelets and Sparsity XIV, 81381A (27 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.895965

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