TY - GEN
T1 - Surveillance in long-distance turbulence-degraded videos
AU - Yitzhaky, Yitzhak
AU - Chen, Eli
AU - Haik, Oren
PY - 2013/12/16
Y1 - 2013/12/16
N2 - Surveillance in long-distance turbulence-degraded video is a difficult challenge because of the effects of the atmospheric turbulence that causes blur and random shifts in the image. As imaging distances increase, the degradation effects become more significant. This paper presents a method for surveillance in long-distance turbulence-degraded videos. This method is based on employing new criteria for discriminating true from false object detections. We employ an adaptive thresholding procedure for background subtraction, and implement new criteria for distinguishing true from false moving objects, that take into account the temporal consistency of both shape and motion properties. Results show successful detection also tracking of moving objects on challenging video sequences, which are significantly distorted with atmospheric turbulence. However, when the imaging distance is increased higher false alarms may occur. The method presented here is relatively efficient and has low complexity.
AB - Surveillance in long-distance turbulence-degraded video is a difficult challenge because of the effects of the atmospheric turbulence that causes blur and random shifts in the image. As imaging distances increase, the degradation effects become more significant. This paper presents a method for surveillance in long-distance turbulence-degraded videos. This method is based on employing new criteria for discriminating true from false object detections. We employ an adaptive thresholding procedure for background subtraction, and implement new criteria for distinguishing true from false moving objects, that take into account the temporal consistency of both shape and motion properties. Results show successful detection also tracking of moving objects on challenging video sequences, which are significantly distorted with atmospheric turbulence. However, when the imaging distance is increased higher false alarms may occur. The method presented here is relatively efficient and has low complexity.
KW - Automatic surveillance
KW - Long-distance imaging
KW - Moving object detection
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84890066303&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028853
DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028853
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9780819497666
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic Technologies, and Applications VII; and Military Applications in Hyperspectral Imaging and High Spatial Resolution Sensing
T2 - Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic Technologies, and Applications VII; and Military Applications in Hyperspectral Imaging and High Spatial Resolution Sensing
Y2 - 24 September 2013 through 26 September 2013
ER -