Particle filter tracking of camouflaged targets by adaptive fusion of thermal and visible spectra camera data

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 159-166

  Talha, Mohammed ^a   Stolkin, Rustam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer vision; Infrared imaging; Robot vision systems; Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

COLOR BASED TRACKING; DATA FUSION PROCESS; FOREGROUND OBJECTS; PARTICLE FILTERING; ROBOT VISION SYSTEMS; SENSOR FUSION; THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS; VISUAL INFORMATION;

CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; DATA FUSION; INFRARED IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TARGET TRACKING;

SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

EID: 84887972066     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2271561     Document Type: Article

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