A general framework for combining visual trackers - The "black boxes" approach

International Journal of Computer Vision

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-363

  Leichter, Ido ^a   Lindenbaum, Michael ^a   Rivlin, Ehud ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

CONDENSATION; Kalman filter; Tracker combination; Visual tracking

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; DATA REDUCTION; KALMAN FILTERING; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESEARCH; TRACKING (POSITION);

MULTIPLE SYNCHRONOUS TRACKERS; PROBABILISTIC FRAMEWORKS; TRACKER COMBINATION; VISUAL TRACKING;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 33646674460     PISSN: 09205691     EISSN: 15731405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11263-006-5568-2     Document Type: Review

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