Joint Transform Correlation for face tracking: elderly fall detection application

Philippe Katz; Michael Aron; Ayman Alfalou

doi:10.1117/12.2016413

Translator Disclaimer

29 April 2013 Joint Transform Correlation for face tracking: elderly fall detection application

Philippe Katz, Michael Aron, Ayman Alfalou

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 8748, Optical Pattern Recognition XXIV; 87480I (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2016413
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

In this paper, an iterative tracking algorithm based on a non-linear JTC (Joint Transform Correlator) architecture and enhanced by a digital image processing method is proposed and validated. This algorithm is based on the computation of a correlation plane where the reference image is updated at each frame. For that purpose, we use the JTC technique in real time to track a patient (target image) in a room fitted with a video camera. The correlation plane is used to localize the target image in the current video frame (frame i). Then, the reference image to be exploited in the next frame (frame i+1) is updated according to the previous one (frame i). In an effort to validate our algorithm, our work is divided into two parts: (i) a large study based on different sequences with several situations and different JTC parameters is achieved in order to quantify their effects on the tracking performances (decimation, non-linearity coefficient, size of the correlation plane, size of the region of interest...). (ii) the tracking algorithm is integrated into an application of elderly fall detection. The first reference image is a face detected by means of Haar descriptors, and then localized into the new video image thanks to our tracking method. In order to avoid a bad update of the reference frame, a method based on a comparison of image intensity histograms is proposed and integrated in our algorithm. This step ensures a robust tracking of the reference frame. This article focuses on face tracking step optimisation and evalutation. A supplementary step of fall detection, based on vertical acceleration and position, will be added and studied in further work.

Citation Download Citation

Philippe Katz, Michael Aron, and Ayman Alfalou "Joint Transform Correlation for face tracking: elderly fall detection application", Proc. SPIE 8748, Optical Pattern Recognition XXIV, 87480I (29 April 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2016413

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE