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Motion Estimation in Image Sequences Using the Deformation of Apparent Contours

Kahl, Fredrik LU and Åström, Karl LU orcid (1998) International Conference on Computer Vision , 1998 p.939-942
Abstract
The problem of determining the camera motion from apparent contours or silhouettes of curved three-dimensional surfaces is considered. In a sequence of images is shown how to use the generalized epipolar constraint on apparent contours. One such constraint is obtained for each epipolar tangency point in each image pair. Thus in theory the motion can be calculated from the deformation of a single contour. A robust algorithm for computing the motion is presented based on the maximum likelihood estimate. It is shown how to generate initial estimates on the camera motion using only the tracked contours. It is also shown how to improve this estimate by maximizing the likelihood function. The algorithm has been tested on real image sequences.... (More)
The problem of determining the camera motion from apparent contours or silhouettes of curved three-dimensional surfaces is considered. In a sequence of images is shown how to use the generalized epipolar constraint on apparent contours. One such constraint is obtained for each epipolar tangency point in each image pair. Thus in theory the motion can be calculated from the deformation of a single contour. A robust algorithm for computing the motion is presented based on the maximum likelihood estimate. It is shown how to generate initial estimates on the camera motion using only the tracked contours. It is also shown how to improve this estimate by maximizing the likelihood function. The algorithm has been tested on real image sequences. The result is compared to that of using only point features. The statistical evaluation shows that the technique gives accurate and stable results (Less)
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computational geometry, image sequences, maximum likelihood estimation, motion estimation, apparent contours deformation, camera motion, silhouettes, eneralized epipolar constraint, epipolar tangency point, image pair, robust algorithm, maximum likelihood estimate, real image sequences
host publication
Proceedings of IEEE 6th International Conference on Computer Vision
pages
939 - 942
publisher
Narosa Publishing House
conference name
International Conference on Computer Vision , 1998
conference location
Mumbai, India
conference dates
1998-01-04 - 1998-01-07
external identifiers
  • scopus:0032316966
ISBN
81 7319 221 9
DOI
10.1109/ICCV.1998.710829
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English
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  abstract     = {{The problem of determining the camera motion from apparent contours or silhouettes of curved three-dimensional surfaces is considered. In a sequence of images is shown how to use the generalized epipolar constraint on apparent contours. One such constraint is obtained for each epipolar tangency point in each image pair. Thus in theory the motion can be calculated from the deformation of a single contour. A robust algorithm for computing the motion is presented based on the maximum likelihood estimate. It is shown how to generate initial estimates on the camera motion using only the tracked contours. It is also shown how to improve this estimate by maximizing the likelihood function. The algorithm has been tested on real image sequences. The result is compared to that of using only point features. The statistical evaluation shows that the technique gives accurate and stable results}},
  author       = {{Kahl, Fredrik and Åström, Karl}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of IEEE 6th International Conference on Computer Vision}},
  isbn         = {{81 7319 221 9}},
  keywords     = {{computational geometry; image sequences; maximum likelihood estimation; motion estimation; apparent contours deformation; camera motion; silhouettes; eneralized epipolar constraint; epipolar tangency point; image pair; robust algorithm; maximum likelihood estimate; real image sequences}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{939--942}},
  publisher    = {{Narosa Publishing House}},
  title        = {{Motion Estimation in Image Sequences Using the Deformation of Apparent Contours}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCV.1998.710829}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ICCV.1998.710829}},
  year         = {{1998}},
}