Visual tracking with omnidirectional cameras: an efficient approach

François Rameau (1) , Désiré Sidibé (1) , Cedric Demonceaux (1) , David Fofi (1)

1 Le2i - Laboratoire Electronique, Informatique et Image [UMR6306]

An effective technique for applying visual tracking algorithms to omni- directional image sequences is presented. The method is based on a spherical image representation which allows taking into account the distortions and nonlinear resolution of omnidirectional images. Experimental results show that both deterministic and probabilistic tracking methods can effectively be adapted in order to robustly track an object with an omnidirectional camera.

Domaines: Vision par ordinateur et reconnaissance de formes [cs.CV]

François Rameau, Désiré Sidibé, Cedric Demonceaux, David Fofi. Visual tracking with omnidirectional cameras: an efficient approach. Electronics Letters, 2011, 47 (21), pp.1183 - 1184. ⟨10.1049/el.2011.2838⟩. ⟨hal-00637343⟩