A robust object segmentation system using a probability-based background extraction algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 518-528

  Chiu, Chung Cheng ^a   Ku, Min Yu ^a   Liang, Li Wey ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Background subtraction; Initial background extraction; Object segmentation; Probability based background extraction

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND EXTRACTION; BACKGROUND IMAGE; BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION; BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION METHOD; COLOR IMAGE SEQUENCES; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; DETECTION ACCURACY; EXECUTION TIME; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; MEMORY REQUIREMENTS; MONITORING SYSTEM; OBJECT SEGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; REAL TIME; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS; SURVEILLANCE VIDEO; VIDEO SEQUENCES;

ALGORITHMS; COLOR; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PROBABILITY; SECURITY SYSTEMS; VIDEO RECORDING;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77951097253     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2009.2035843     Document Type: Article

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