Title

Floor Fields For Tracking In High Density Crowd Scenes

Abstract

This paper presents an algorithm for tracking individual targets in high density crowd scenes containing hundreds of people. Tracking in such a scene is extremely challenging due to the small number of pixels on the target, appearance ambiguity resulting from the dense packing, and severe inter-object occlusions. The novel tracking algorithm, which is outlined in this paper, will overcome these challenges using a scene structure based force model. In this force model an individual, when moving in a particular scene, is subjected to global and local forces that are functions of the layout of that scene and the locomotive behavior of other individuals in the scene. The key ingredients of the force model are three floor fields, which are inspired by the research in the field of evacuation dynamics, namely Static Floor Field (SFF), Dynamic Floor Field (DFF), and Boundary Floor Field (BFF). These fields determine the probability of move from one location to another by converting the long-range forces into local ones. The SFF specifies regions of the scene which are attractive in nature (e.g. an exit location). The DFF specifies the immediate behavior of the crowd in the vicinity of the individual being tracked. The BFF specifies influences exhibited by the barriers in the scene (e.g. walls, no-go areas). By combining cues from all three fields with the available appearance information, we track individual targets in high density crowds. © 2008 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Publication Title

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volume

5303 LNCS

Issue

PART 2

Number of Pages

1-14

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88688-4_1

Socpus ID

56749107053 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/56749107053

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