Classification of moving objects in atmospherically degraded video

Eli Chen; Oren Haik; Yitzhak Yitzhaky

doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.10.101710

20 June 2012 Classification of moving objects in atmospherically degraded video

Eli Chen, Oren Haik, Yitzhak Yitzhaky

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 51, Issue 10, 101710 (June 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.10.101710

Abstract

Classification of moving objects in imaging through long-distance atmospheric path may be affected by distortions such as blur and spatiotemporal movements caused by air turbulence. This work aims to study and quantify the effects of these distortions on the ability to classify moving objects in atmospherically degraded video signals. For this purpose, we perform simulations and examine real long-range thermal video cases. In the simulation, we evaluate various geometrical (shape-based) object features for classification at different distortion levels. Furthermore, we examine the influence of image restoration on the classification performances in the real-degraded videos, using geometrical and textural features (combined and in separate) of the objects. Principal component analysis together with both k-nearest neighbor and support vector machines is used for the classification process. Results show how classification performances decrease as the level of blur increases, and how successful digital image restoration for real cases can significantly improve the classification performances.

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Eli Chen, Oren Haik, and Yitzhak Yitzhaky "Classification of moving objects in atmospherically degraded video," Optical Engineering 51(10), 101710 (20 June 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.10.101710

Published: 20 June 2012

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