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5 - Single- and multiple-object tracking in clutter: object-existence-based approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2011

Subhash Challa
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Mark R. Morelande
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Darko Mušicki
Affiliation:
Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
Robin J. Evans
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
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Summary

In many practical situations, the number and existence of objects that are supposed to be tracked are a priori unknown. This information is an important part of the tracking output. In this chapter we include the object existence in the track state. As in previous chapters, the track state pdf propagates between scans as a Markov process, and is updated using the Bayes formula.

Object existence is particularly important in the cluttered environment, when the origin of each measurement is a priori unknown. This chapter reveals the close relationship (generalization/specialization) of a number of object-existence-based target tracking filters, which have a common derivation and common update cycle.

Some of the algorithms mentioned here also appear in other chapters of this book. These include probabilistic data association (PDA) (Section 4.3), integrated PDA (IPDA) (Sections 5.4.4 and 6.4.4) and joint IPDA (JIPDA) (Section 6.4.5). The derivations of this chapter follow a different track, and the results are more general as they also cater for non-homogeneous clutter.

Introduction

Object tracking aims to estimate the states of a (usually moving) unknown number of objects, using measurements received from sensors, and based on assumptions and models of the objects and measurements.

The object tracking algorithms presented in this chapter are based on the following assumptions, unless stated otherwise:

  • Object:

  • – There are zero or more objects in the surveillance area. The number and the position of the objects are a priori unknown.

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Print publication year: 2011

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