![State-Space Approach
Problem definitions:
• State variable X k : e.g. target position and velocity in state-space
at time k
X k = [x, y, z, x, y, z]T
˙ ˙ ˙
• Observation Y k : measurements obtained from processing camera
image data
• Set of all observations: Y 1:k = [Y 1, . . . , Y k ]
• System dynamics (transition) equation: X k = g(X k−1, v k−1)
Aim: given all data Y 1:k , compute posterior PDF p(X k |Y 1:k )
É Bayesian filtering problem
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![State-Space Approach: Symbolic Representation
Case: Gaussian noise and linear equations
From [Condensation – conditional density propagation for visual tracking, Isard and Blake, Int. J.
Computer Vision, 1998]
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![State-Space Approach: Symbolic Representation
Case: non-Gaussian noise and/or nonlinear equations
From [Condensation – conditional density propagation for visual tracking, Isard and Blake, Int. J.
Computer Vision, 1998]
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![Particle Filtering
• Numerical method to solve nonlinear and/or non-Gaussian
Bayesian filtering problems
• Known variously as: bootstrap filtering, condensation algorithm,
interacting particle approximations, survival of the fittest,
JetStream, etc.
• Particle and weight representation of posterior density:
From [Condensation – conditional density propagation for visual tracking, Isard and Blake, Int. J.
Computer Vision, 1998]
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![Basic PF Algorithm
From [Novel approach to nonlinear/non-Gaussian Bayesian state estimation, Gordon et al., IEE
Proc. F., 1993]
Assumption: a set of N state samples and corresponding weights
(i) (i)
{X k−1, wk−1, i = 1, . . . , N } represents the posterior density
p(X k−1|Y 1:k−1) at time k − 1
Procedure: update the particle set to represent the posterior density
p(X k |Y 1:k ) for current time k according to following iterations
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![PF Methods Overview
• Algorithm design choices:
Source dynamics model: various models available
Observations: camera image data
Likelihood function: derived from observations
• Large number of enhanced PF versions to be found in literature:
auxiliary PF, unscented PF, ICondensation, hybrid bootstrap, fast
weighted bootstrap, annealed PF, etc.
• PF methods: special case of Sequential Importance Sampling,
see [On sequential Monte Carlo sampling methods for Bayesian
filtering, Doucet et al., Statist. Comput., 2000]
• Excellent review of current PF methods in [A tutorial on particle
filters for online nonlinear/non-Gaussian Bayesian Tracking,
Arulampalam et al., IEEE Trans. Sig. Proc., 2002]
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![PF Tracking of a Head Outline
Standard head outline template (parametric spline curve) used for
tracking. Measurements are obtained by detecting maxima of
intensity gradient along lines normal to the head contour.
From [Condensation – conditional density propagation for visual tracking, Isard and Blake, Int. J.
Computer Vision, 1998] and [Sequential Monte Carlo fusion of sound and vision for speaker
tracking, Vermaak et al., Proc. Int. Conf. on Computer Vision, 2001]
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![PF Tracking of a Head Outline
Particle representation of shape distribution
From [Condensation – conditional density propagation for visual tracking, Isard and Blake, Int. J.
Computer Vision, 1998]
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![Application Example
Tracking objects in heavy clutter
hand.mpg dancemv.mpg leafmv.mpg
From [Condensation – conditional density propagation for visual tracking, Isard and Blake, Int. J.
Computer Vision, 1998]
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![Application Example
Combining sound and vision in PF algorithm
pat jacoC out.avi
From [Sequential Monte Carlo fusion of sound and vision for speaker tracking, Vermaak et al.,
Proc. Int. Conf. on Computer Vision, 2001]
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![Application Example
Tracking of more complex models
walker.mpg
From [Articulated Body Motion Capture by Annealed Particle Filtering, Deutscher et al., IEEE
Conf. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2000]
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Particle filtering in Computer Vision (2003)
- 1. Particle Filtering Ph.D. Coursework: Computer Vision Eric Lehmann Department of Telecommunications Engineering Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering The Australian National University, Canberra Eric.Lehmann@anu.edu.au June 06, 2003
- 2. Context Tracking: • Probabilistic inference about the motion of an object given a sequence of measurements • Applications: robotics, multimedia, military, videoconferencing, surveillance, etc. • Computer vision: vehicle tracking, human-computer interaction, robot localisation, etc. In practice: • Noise in measurements (images) • Background might be heavily cluttered É Robust tracking method: state-space approach Page 1 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 3. State-Space Approach Problem definitions: • State variable X k : e.g. target position and velocity in state-space at time k X k = [x, y, z, x, y, z]T ˙ ˙ ˙ • Observation Y k : measurements obtained from processing camera image data • Set of all observations: Y 1:k = [Y 1, . . . , Y k ] • System dynamics (transition) equation: X k = g(X k−1, v k−1) Aim: given all data Y 1:k , compute posterior PDF p(X k |Y 1:k ) É Bayesian filtering problem Page 2 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 4. State-Space Approach • Bayesian filtering solution: if posterior PDF p(X k−1|Y 1:k−1) known at time k − 1, compute current posterior PDF as follows: Predict: p(X k |Y 1:k−1) = p(X k |X k−1) p(X k−1|Y 1:k−1) dX k−1 Update: p(X k |Y 1:k ) ∝ p(Y k |X k ) p(X k |Y 1:k−1) where p(Y k |X k ) is the likelihood function (measurement PDF) • Problem: usually no closed-form solutions available for many natural dynamic models • Current approximations: Kalman filter, extended Kalman filter, Gaussian sum methods, grid-based methods, etc. É Sequential Monte Carlo methods, i.e. Particle Filters (PF) Page 3 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 5. State-Space Approach: Symbolic Representation Case: Gaussian noise and linear equations From [Condensation – conditional density propagation for visual tracking, Isard and Blake, Int. J. Computer Vision, 1998] Page 4 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 6. State-Space Approach: Symbolic Representation Case: non-Gaussian noise and/or nonlinear equations From [Condensation – conditional density propagation for visual tracking, Isard and Blake, Int. J. Computer Vision, 1998] Page 5 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 7. Particle Filtering • Numerical method to solve nonlinear and/or non-Gaussian Bayesian filtering problems • Known variously as: bootstrap filtering, condensation algorithm, interacting particle approximations, survival of the fittest, JetStream, etc. • Particle and weight representation of posterior density: From [Condensation – conditional density propagation for visual tracking, Isard and Blake, Int. J. Computer Vision, 1998] Page 6 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 8. Basic PF Algorithm From [Novel approach to nonlinear/non-Gaussian Bayesian state estimation, Gordon et al., IEE Proc. F., 1993] Assumption: a set of N state samples and corresponding weights (i) (i) {X k−1, wk−1, i = 1, . . . , N } represents the posterior density p(X k−1|Y 1:k−1) at time k − 1 Procedure: update the particle set to represent the posterior density p(X k |Y 1:k ) for current time k according to following iterations Page 7 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 9. Basic PF: Symbolic Representation (i) (i) {X k−1, wk−1} ∼ p(X k−1|Y 1:k−1) ⇐ resampling (i) {X k−1, 1/N } ∼ p(X k−1|Y 1:k−1) ⇐ prediction (i) {X k , 1/N } ∼ p(X k |Y 1:k−1) p(Y k |X k ) ⇐ measurement & update Xk (i) (i) {X k , wk } ∼ p(X k |Y 1:k ) Page 8 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 10. PF Methods Overview • Algorithm design choices: Source dynamics model: various models available Observations: camera image data Likelihood function: derived from observations • Large number of enhanced PF versions to be found in literature: auxiliary PF, unscented PF, ICondensation, hybrid bootstrap, fast weighted bootstrap, annealed PF, etc. • PF methods: special case of Sequential Importance Sampling, see [On sequential Monte Carlo sampling methods for Bayesian filtering, Doucet et al., Statist. Comput., 2000] • Excellent review of current PF methods in [A tutorial on particle filters for online nonlinear/non-Gaussian Bayesian Tracking, Arulampalam et al., IEEE Trans. Sig. Proc., 2002] Page 9 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 11. PF Tracking of a Head Outline Standard head outline template (parametric spline curve) used for tracking. Measurements are obtained by detecting maxima of intensity gradient along lines normal to the head contour. From [Condensation – conditional density propagation for visual tracking, Isard and Blake, Int. J. Computer Vision, 1998] and [Sequential Monte Carlo fusion of sound and vision for speaker tracking, Vermaak et al., Proc. Int. Conf. on Computer Vision, 2001] Page 10 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 12. PF Tracking of a Head Outline Particle representation of shape distribution From [Condensation – conditional density propagation for visual tracking, Isard and Blake, Int. J. Computer Vision, 1998] Page 11 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 13. Application Example Tracking objects in heavy clutter hand.mpg dancemv.mpg leafmv.mpg From [Condensation – conditional density propagation for visual tracking, Isard and Blake, Int. J. Computer Vision, 1998] Page 12 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 14. Application Example Combining sound and vision in PF algorithm pat jacoC out.avi From [Sequential Monte Carlo fusion of sound and vision for speaker tracking, Vermaak et al., Proc. Int. Conf. on Computer Vision, 2001] Page 13 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.
- 15. Application Example Tracking of more complex models walker.mpg From [Articulated Body Motion Capture by Annealed Particle Filtering, Deutscher et al., IEEE Conf. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2000] Page 14 — Computer Vision, Ph.D. coursework Eric Lehmann, Tel. Eng.