Dense depth map estimation for object segmentation in multi-view video

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Çığla, Cevahir

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In this thesis, novel approaches for dense depth field estimation and object segmentation from mono, stereo and multiple views are presented. In the first stage, a novel graph-theoretic color segmentation algorithm is proposed, in which the popular Normalized Cuts 59H[6] segmentation algorithm is improved with some modifications on its graph structure. Segmentation is obtained by the recursive partitioning of the weighted graph. The simulation results for the comparison of the proposed segmentation scheme with some well-known segmentation methods, such as Recursive Shortest Spanning Tree 60H[3] and Mean-Shift 61H[4] and the conventional Normalized Cuts, show clear improvements over these traditional methods. The proposed region-based approach is also utilized during the dense depth map estimation step, based on a novel modified plane- and angle-sweeping strategy. In the proposed dense depth estimation technique, the whole scene is assumed to be region-wise planar and 3D models of these plane patches are estimated by a greedy-search algorithm that also considers visibility constraint. In order to refine the depth maps and relax the planarity assumption of the scene, at the final step, two refinement techniques that are based on region splitting and pixel-based optimization via Belief Propagation 62H[32] are also applied. Finally, the image segmentation algorithm is extended to object segmentation in multi-view video with the additional depth and optical flow information. Optical flow estimation is obtained via two different methods, KLT tracker and region-based block matching and the comparisons between these methods are performed. The experimental results indicate an improvement for the segmentation performance by the usage of depth and motion information.

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Electronics., Electrical Engineering., Nuclear Engineering.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608647/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/17056

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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C. Çığla, “Dense depth map estimation for object segmentation in multi-view video,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2007.