Extended Object Tracking and Shape Classification

2018-07-10
Recent extended target tracking algorithms provide reliable shape estimates while tracking objects. The estimated extent of the objects can also be used for online classification. In this work, we propose to use a Bayesian classifier to identify different objects based on their contour estimates during tracking. The proposed method uses the uncertainty information provided by the estimation covariance of the tracker.

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Citation Formats
B. Tuncer, M. Kumru, A. A. Alatan, and E. Özkan, “Extended Object Tracking and Shape Classification,” 2018, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/36431.