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A Photogrammetric Approach for Real-time 3D Localization and Tracking of Pedestrians in Monocular Infrared Imagery

Kundegorski, M.E.; Breckon, T.P.

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M.E. Kundegorski



Abstract

Target tracking within conventional video imagery poses a significant challenge that is increasingly being addressed via complex algorithmic solutions. The complexity of this problem can be fundamentally attributed to the ambiguity associated with actual 3D scene position of a given tracked object in relation to its observed position in 2D image space. We propose an approach that challenges the current trend in complex tracking solutions by addressing this fundamental ambiguity head-on. In contrast to prior work in the field, we leverage the key advantages of thermal-band infrared (IR) imagery for the pedestrian localization to show that robust localization and foreground target separation, afforded via such imagery, facilities accurate 3D position estimation to within the error bounds of conventional Global Position System (GPS) positioning. This work investigates the accuracy of classical photogrammetry, within the context of current target detection and classification techniques, as a means of recovering the true 3D position of pedestrian targets within the scene. Based on photogrammetric estimation of target position, we then illustrate the efficiency of regular Kalman filter based tracking operating on actual 3D pedestrian scene trajectories. We present both a statistical and experimental analysis of the associated errors of this approach in addition to real-time 3D pedestrian tracking using monocular infrared (IR) imagery from a thermal-band camera. © (2014) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.

Citation

Kundegorski, M., & Breckon, T. (2014). A Photogrammetric Approach for Real-time 3D Localization and Tracking of Pedestrians in Monocular Infrared Imagery. In Proc. SPIE Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism, Crime Fighting and Defence (1-16). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2065673

Conference Name Proc. SPIE Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism, Crime Fighting and Defence
Publication Date 2014
Deposit Date Dec 9, 2014
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Volume 9253
Pages 1-16
Series Title Proceedings of SPIE
Series Number 9253
Series ISSN 0277-786X,1996-756X
Book Title Proc. SPIE Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism, Crime Fighting and Defence
DOI https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2065673
Keywords thermal people detection, infrared, tracking, photogrammetry, 3D tracking
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1153709
Publisher URL https://breckon.org/toby/publications/papers/kundegorski14photogrammetric.pdf
Related Public URLs http://www.durham.ac.uk/toby.breckon/publications/papers/kundegorski14photogrammetric.pdf

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