Surveillance in long-distance turbulence-degraded videos

Yitzhak Yitzhaky; Eli Chen; Oren Haik

doi:10.1117/12.2028853

15 October 2013 Surveillance in long-distance turbulence-degraded videos

Yitzhak Yitzhaky, Eli Chen, Oren Haik

Proceedings Volume 8897, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic Technologies, and Applications VII; and Military Applications in Hyperspectral Imaging and High Spatial Resolution Sensing; 889704 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028853
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2013, Dresden, Germany

Abstract

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.

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Yitzhak Yitzhaky, Eli Chen, and Oren Haik "Surveillance in long-distance turbulence-degraded videos", Proc. SPIE 8897, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic Technologies, and Applications VII; and Military Applications in Hyperspectral Imaging and High Spatial Resolution Sensing, 889704 (15 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028853

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