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In this paper we deal with the problem of matching moving objects between multiple views using geometrical constraints. We consider systems of still, uncalibrated and partially overlapped cameras and design a method able to automatically learn the epipolar geometry of the scene. The matching step is based on a functional that computes the similarity between objects pairs jointly considering different contributions from the geometry. We obtain an efficient method for multi-view matching based on simple geometric tools, requiring a very limited human intervention, and characterized by a low computational load. We will discuss the potential of our approach for video-surveillance applications on real data, showing very good results. Also, we provide an example of application to the consistent labeling problem for multi-camera tracking, and report a comparative analysis with other methods from the state of the art on the PETS 2009 benchmark dataset.
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Noceti, N., Balduzzi, L., Odone, F. (2013). What Epipolar Geometry Can Do for Video-Surveillance. In: Petrosino, A. (eds) Image Analysis and Processing – ICIAP 2013. ICIAP 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8156. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41181-6_45
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