Cited by 1,683Video Surveillance and Tracking MethodsAutonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyEvacuation and Crowd Dynamics

You'll never walk alone: Modeling social behavior for multi-target tracking

Pellegrini, S, Ess, A, Schindler, K, van Gool, L·2009·2009 IEEE 12th International Conference on Computer Vision

Abstract

Object tracking typically relies on a dynamic model to predict the object's location from its past trajectory. In crowded scenarios a strong dynamic model is particularly important, because more accurate predictions allow for smaller search regions, which greatly simplifies data association. Traditional dynamic models predict the location for each target solely based on its own history, without taking into account the remaining scene objects. Collisions are resolved only when they happen. Such an approach ignores important aspects of human behavior: people are driven by their future destination, take into account their environment, anticipate collisions, and adjust their trajectories at an early stage in order to avoid them. In this work, we introduce a model of dynamic social behavior, inspired by models developed for crowd simulation. The model is trained with videos recorded from birds-eye view at busy locations, and applied as a motion model for multi-people tracking from a vehicle-mounted camera. Experiments on real sequences show that accounting for social interactions and scene knowledge improves tracking performance, especially during occlusions.

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Authors
Pellegrini, S., Ess, A., Schindler, K., & van Gool, L.
Affiliations
  • ETH Zurich (CH)
  • Technische Universität Darmstadt (DE)
Venue
2009 IEEE 12th International Conference on Computer Vision
Publisher
IEEE
Published
2009-09
Pages
261-268
OpenAlex
W2532516272
Cited by
1,683
References
25
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FWCI
24.50
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) (publishedVersion)
  • Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Ocean Engineering › Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
Keywords
multi-target tracking, social behavior modeling, crowd simulation, collision avoidance, occlusion handling, vehicle-mounted camera, bird's-eye view, data association, human trajectory prediction, social interaction

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