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Background Subtraction via Generalized Fused Lasso Foreground Modeling
Background Subtraction (BS) is one of the key steps in video analysis. Many
background models have been proposed and achieved promising performance on
public data sets. However, due to challenges such as illumination change,
dynamic background etc. the resulted foreground segmentation often consists of
holes as well as background noise. In this regard, we consider generalized
fused lasso regularization to quest for intact structured foregrounds. Together
with certain assumptions about the background, such as the low-rank assumption
or the sparse-composition assumption (depending on whether pure background
frames are provided), we formulate BS as a matrix decomposition problem using
regularization terms for both the foreground and background matrices. Moreover,
under the proposed formulation, the two generally distinctive background
assumptions can be solved in a unified manner. The optimization was carried out
via applying the augmented Lagrange multiplier (ALM) method in such a way that
a fast parametric-flow algorithm is used for updating the foreground matrix.
Experimental results on several popular BS data sets demonstrate the advantage
of the proposed model compared to state-of-the-arts
Are object detection assessment criteria ready for maritime computer vision?
Maritime vessels equipped with visible and infrared cameras can complement
other conventional sensors for object detection. However, application of
computer vision techniques in maritime domain received attention only recently.
The maritime environment offers its own unique requirements and challenges.
Assessment of the quality of detections is a fundamental need in computer
vision. However, the conventional assessment metrics suitable for usual object
detection are deficient in the maritime setting. Thus, a large body of related
work in computer vision appears inapplicable to the maritime setting at the
first sight. We discuss the problem of defining assessment metrics suitable for
maritime computer vision. We consider new bottom edge proximity metrics as
assessment metrics for maritime computer vision. These metrics indicate that
existing computer vision approaches are indeed promising for maritime computer
vision and can play a foundational role in the emerging field of maritime
computer vision
Non-Euclidean principal component analysis by Hebbian learning
Principal component analysis based on Hebbian learning is originally designed for data processing inEuclidean spaces. We present in this contribution an extension of Oja's Hebbian learning approach fornon-Euclidean spaces. We show that for Banach spaces the Hebbian learning can be carried out using theunderlying semi-inner product. Prominent examples for such Banach spaces are the lp-spaces for p≠2.For kernels spaces, as applied in support vector machines or kernelized vector quantization, thisapproach can be formulated as an online learning scheme based on the differentiable kernel. Hence,principal component analysis can be explicitly carried out in the respective data spaces but nowequipped with a non-Euclidean metric. In the article we provide the theoretical framework and giveillustrative examples
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