Multi Objects Tracking in Nighttime Traffic Scenes
khalifa, mohamed essam; Mohamed Taha; Hala H. Zayed; Taymoor Nazmy;
Abstract
As road networks become more congested, traffic surveillance using computer vision techniques is increasingly
important. Traffic surveillance can help in improving road network efficiency, re-routing traffic when accidents occur and minimizing
delays. Although, there are many algorithms developed to detect and track moving vehicles in daytime, only a handful of techniques
have been proposed for nighttime traffic scenes. In the night environment, the moving vehicles are commonly identified by detecting
and locating vehicle headlights and taillights. This paper proposes an effective method for detecting and tracking moving vehicles in
nighttime. The proposed method identifies vehicles by detecting and locating vehicle lights using automatic thresholding and connected
components extraction. Detected lamps are then paired using rule based component analysis approach and tracked using Kalman Filter
(KF). The automatic thresholding approach provides a robust and adaptable detection process that operates well under various
nighttime illumination conditions. Furthermore, most nighttime tracking algorithms detects vehicles by locating either headlights or
rear lights. However, the proposed method has the ability to track vehicles through detecting vehicle headlights and/or rear lights.
Several experiments are presented that demonstrate the feasibility and the effectiveness of the proposed method to detect and track
vehicles in various nighttime environments.
important. Traffic surveillance can help in improving road network efficiency, re-routing traffic when accidents occur and minimizing
delays. Although, there are many algorithms developed to detect and track moving vehicles in daytime, only a handful of techniques
have been proposed for nighttime traffic scenes. In the night environment, the moving vehicles are commonly identified by detecting
and locating vehicle headlights and taillights. This paper proposes an effective method for detecting and tracking moving vehicles in
nighttime. The proposed method identifies vehicles by detecting and locating vehicle lights using automatic thresholding and connected
components extraction. Detected lamps are then paired using rule based component analysis approach and tracked using Kalman Filter
(KF). The automatic thresholding approach provides a robust and adaptable detection process that operates well under various
nighttime illumination conditions. Furthermore, most nighttime tracking algorithms detects vehicles by locating either headlights or
rear lights. However, the proposed method has the ability to track vehicles through detecting vehicle headlights and/or rear lights.
Several experiments are presented that demonstrate the feasibility and the effectiveness of the proposed method to detect and track
vehicles in various nighttime environments.
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Title | Multi Objects Tracking in Nighttime Traffic Scenes | Authors | khalifa, mohamed essam ; Mohamed Taha; Hala H. Zayed; Taymoor Nazmy | Keywords | Traffic Surveillance;Nighttime Surveillance;Vehicles Tracking;Vehicles Detection;Nighttime Tracking;Multi Objects Tracking | Issue Date | 2015 | Publisher | ICIT | Conference | The 7th International Conference on Information TechnologyAt: Amman, Jordan | DOI | :10.15849/icit.2015.0002 |
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