Title
Object tracking using a convolutional network and a structured output SVM.
Abstract
Object tracking has been a challenge in computer vision. In this paper, we present a novel method to model target appearance and combine it with structured output learning for robust online tracking within a tracking-by-detection framework. We take both convolutional features and handcrafted features into account to robustly encode the target appearance. First, we extract convolutional features of the target by kernels generated from the initial annotated frame. To capture appearance variation during tracking, we propose a new strategy to update the target and background kernel pool. Secondly, we employ a structured output SVM for refining the target’s location to mitigate uncertainty in labeling samples as positive or negative. Compared with existing state-of-the-art trackers, our tracking method not only enhances the robustness of the feature representation, but also uses structured output prediction to avoid relying on heuristic intermediate steps to produce labelled binary samples. Extensive experimental evaluation on the challenging OTB-50 video sequences shows competitive results in terms of both success and precision rate, demonstrating the merits of the proposed tracking method.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2017
Computational Visual Media
object tracking, convolutional network, structured learning, feature extraction
Field
DocType
Volume
Kernel (linear algebra),Computer vision,ENCODE,Heuristic,Pattern recognition,Computer science,Support vector machine,Structured prediction,Feature extraction,Robustness (computer science),Video tracking,Artificial intelligence
Journal
3
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
4
2
0.39
References 
Authors
25
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Junwei Li132.77
Xiaolong Zhou210319.67
Sixian Chan3127.69
Shengyong Chen486.22