Quantifying the uncertainty of event detection in full motion video

Algorithms for the detection and tracking of objects can be combined into a system that automatically extracts relevant events from a large amount of video data. Such a system , can be particularly useful in video surveillance applications, notably to support analysts in retrieving information from hours of video while working under strict time...

Large scale track analysis for wide area motion imagery surveillance

Wide Area Motion Imagery (WAMI) enables image based surveillance of areas that can cover multiple square kilometers. Interpreting and analyzing information from such sources, becomes increasingly time consuming as more data is added from newly developed methods for information extraction. Captured from a moving Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), the...

Motion in images is essential to cause motion sickness symptoms, but not to increase postural sway

Abstract Objective It is generally assumed that motion in motion images is responsible for increased postural sway as well as for visually induced motion sickness (VIMS). However, this has not yet been tested. To that end, we studied postural sway and VIMS induced by motion and still images. Method 15 Participants were exposed to motion- and...

Fusion of optical flow based motion pattern analysis and silhouette classification for person tracking and detection

This paper presents a novel approach to detect persons in video by combining optical flow based motion analysis and silhouette based recognition. A new fast optical flow computation method is described, and its application in a motion based analysis framework unifying human tracking and detection is outlined. Our optical flow algorithm...

3D Human model adaptation by frame selection and shape–texture optimization

We present a novel approach for 3D human body shape model adaptation to a sequence of multi-view images, given an initial shape model and initial pose sequence. In a first step, the most informative frames are determined by optimization of an objective function that maximizes a shape–texture likelihood function and a pose diversity criterion (i...

3D Human model adaptation by frame selection and shape–texture optimization

We present a novel approach for 3D human body shape model adaptation to a sequence of multi-view images, given an initial shape model and initial pose sequence. In a first step, the most informative frames are determined by optimization of an objective function that maximizes a shape–texture likelihood function and a pose diversity criterion (i...

Multi-view 3D human pose recovery in complex environment

The recovery of 3D human pose is an important problem in computer vision with many potential applications in human computer interfaces, motion analysis (e.g. sports, medical) and surveillance. 3D human pose also provides informative, viewinvariant features for a subsequent activity recognition step. Most if not all previous work on 3D human pose...

3D gait assessment in young and elderly subjects using foot-worn inertial sensors

This study describes the validation of a new wearable system for assessment of 3D spatial parameters of gait. The new method is based on the detection of temporal parameters, coupled to optimized fusion and de-drifted integration of inertial signals. Composed of two wirelesses inertial modules attached on feet, the system provides stride length,...

Exploiting motion capture to enhance avoidance behaviour in games

Realistic simulation of interacting virtual characters is essential in computer games, training and simulation applications. The problem is very challenging since people are accustomed to real-world situations and thus, they can easily detect inconsistencies and artifacts in the simulations. Over the past twenty years several models have been...

Effect of ship motion on spinal loading during manual lifting

This study investigated the effects of ship motion on peak spinal loading during lifting. All measurements were done on a ship at sea. In 1-min trials, which were repeated over a wide range of sailing conditions, subjects lifted an 18 kg box five times. Ship motion, whole body kinematics, ground reaction forces and electromyography were measured...

Hyperventilation in a motion sickness desensitization program

Introduction: In motion sickness desensitization programs, the motion sickness provocative stimulus is often a forward bending of the trunk on a rotating chair, inducing Coriolis effects. Since respiratory relaxation techniques are applied successfully in these courses, we investigated whether these repetitive trunk movements by themselves may...

Passive ranging using an infrared search and track sensor

We present new techniques for passive ranging with a dual-band IR search and track (IRST) sensor aboard a ship. Three distance estimation methods are described: the atmospheric propagation model, the apparent surface of the target, and target motion analysis (TMA). These methods are tested on the sensor output of real data during cold water...

Marker-referred movement measurement with grey-scale coordinate extraction for high-resolution real-time 3D at 100 Hz

A review of early history in photography highlights the origin of cinefilm as a scientific tool for image-based measurement of human and animal motion. The paper is concerned with scanned-area video sensors (CCD) and a computer interface for the real-time, high-resolution extraction of image coordinates of moving markers. Algorithms and...