Shape-based tracking


Target shape modeling

Shape samples


Principal 

Components 

Analysis

Shape space

 Notes:
 - original samples represented as B-splines
 - stable tracking requires reduction of dimensions => PCA is one way to do that
 - shape space is a linear parameterisation => computationally simple to use


Tracking based on Kalman filtering

Block diagram

Tracking example

Notes:
- position, alignment and shape parameters estimated separately
- linear filtering => computationally fast
- problem: measurement sensitive


Tracking based on multisampling filters

Principle (one-dimensional case)


Tracking example

Notes:
- properly selected hypotheses matched to image data
- resistant to clutter
- problem: the number of samples may be large


Pekka Sangi