A Method for Identification of Moving Objects by Integrative Use of a Camera and Accelerometers
Naoka Maruhashi, Tsutomu Terada, Masahiko Tsukamoto
Journal of Multimedia Processing and Technologies, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2011.
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Link: http://www.dline.info/jmpt/fulltext/v2n3/3.pdf
Abstract:
In sports events shown on TV or on the Internet, having the names and uniform numbers of the players displayed beside the players on the screen helps viewers to identify the players. Conventional methods of annotating and tracking objects utilize image recognition techniques with highresolution images, so players captured on camera from a long distance are too small for accurate recognition. In response to this problem, we propose a method for identifying and tracking moving objects with a combination of wearable acceleration sensors and image recognition techniques. In our method, the method recognizes moving objects by matching the context picked up by the wearable sensors with the context inferred during the image processing. Evaluation results demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method.