Practical real-time system for object counting based on optical flow

Jacky Baltes, Amirhossein Hosseinmemar, Joshua Jung, Soroush Sadeghnejad, John Anderson

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Abstract

This paper describes a simple and effective system for counting the number of objects that move through a region of interest. In this work, I focus on the problem of counting the number of people that are entering or leaving an event. I design a pedestrian counting system that uses a dense optical flow field to calculate the integral of the optical flow in a video sequence. The only parameter used in the system is the the estimated integral flow for a single person. This parameter can be easily calculated from a short training sequence. Empirical evaluations show that the system is able to provide accurate estimates even for complex sequences in real-time. The described system won 2nd place in the pedestrian counting computer vision competition at the IEA-AIE 2014 conference.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRobot Intelligence Technology and Applications 3 - Edition of the Selected Papers from the 3rd International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications
EditorsWeimin Yang, Hyun Myung, Jong-Hwan Kim, Peter Sincak, Jun Jo
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages299-306
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783319168401
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications, RiTA 2014 - Beijing, China
Duration: 2014 Nov 62014 Nov 8

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume345
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Other

Other3rd International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications, RiTA 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period2014/11/062014/11/08

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • General Computer Science

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