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We address the problem of robust multi-target tracking within the application of hockey player tracking. The particle filter technique is adopted and modified to fit into the multi-target tracking framework. A rectification technique is employed to find the correspondence between the video frame coordinates and the standard hockey rink coordinates so that the system can compensate for camera motion and improve the dynamics of the players. A global nearest neighbor data association algorithm is introduced to assign boosting detections to the existing tracks for the proposal distribution in particle filters. The mean-shift algorithm is embedded into the particle filter framework to stabilize the trajectories of the targets for robust tracking during mutual occlusion. Experimental results show that our system is able to automatically and robustly track a variable number of targets and correctly maintain their identities regardless of background clutter, camera motion and frequent mutual occlusion between targets.
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Cai, Y., de Freitas, N., Little, J.J. (2006). Robust Visual Tracking for Multiple Targets. In: Leonardis, A., Bischof, H., Pinz, A. (eds) Computer Vision – ECCV 2006. ECCV 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3954. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11744085_9
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