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This paper presents a video-tracking system composed of two cameras. One camera acts for producing an in-focus image of the object and the other one ensures an extended vision field under monitoring. Such a system scheme can achieve an excellent tracking performance, especially under various unfavorable conditions. A projection algorithm is used for the calculation of the displacement of the moving object. As a result, the computational cost is reduced greatly. In order that the tracking action of the system persists even if the object is sheltered or its acceleration is larger than a specified threshold, a dedicated tracking algorithm on the basis of the α-β filtering is designed. Experiments show that the algorithm is efficient and the system works very well.
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Liu, X., Zou, M. A dual-camera video-tracking system using projection algorithm. J. of Electron.(China) 18, 174–180 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11767-001-0024-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11767-001-0024-5