Stereovision-based multiple object tracking in traffic scenarios using free-form obstacle delimiters and particle filters

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 498-511

  Vatavu, Andrei ^a   Danescu, Radu ^a   Nedevschi, Sergiu ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Object tracking; particle filters; polygonal models; Rao Blackwellization; stereovision

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; STEREO VISION; TRACKING (POSITION);

DYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HIGH DIMENSIONALITY; MULTIPLE OBJECT TRACKING; OBJECT TRACKING; PARTICLE FILTER; POLYGONAL MODELS; RAO-BLACKWELLIZATION; RAO-BLACKWELLIZED PARTICLE FILTER;

TARGET TRACKING;

EID: 85027926966     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2014.2366248     Document Type: Article

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