Journal of South China University of Technology (Natural Science Edition) ›› 2008, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (10): 57-60,66.

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Video Vehicle Tracking Based on Reinforcement Learning

Bian Jian-yong1  Xu Jian-min1  Pei Hai-long2   

  1. 1. School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; 2. School of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2007-10-08 Revised:2007-11-12 Online:2008-10-25 Published:2008-10-25
  • Contact: 卞建勇(1980-),男,博士生,主要从事非线性控制、智能控制、图像处理与模式识别以及智能交通研究. E-mail:bjyong977@126.com
  • About author:卞建勇(1980-),男,博士生,主要从事非线性控制、智能控制、图像处理与模式识别以及智能交通研究.
  • Supported by:

    国家“863”高技术计划项目(2006AA11Z211);广州市科技计划项目(B04B2070710)

Abstract:

As the video vehicle tracking is of great importance to the traffic monitoring, a statistical background extraction method combined with the virtual detection line is p video vehicles. Then, the background difference method is employed to extract the information of moving vehicles, and the SUSAN algorithm is adopted to extract the comer feature in the moving vehicle region. Moreover, the reinforcement learning theory with high searching efficiency is applied to the video vehicle tracking. Experimental results show that the proposed method helps to obtain satisfying tracking results due to its good stability and high tracking accuracy.

Key words: traffic monitoring, reinforcement learning, vehicle tracking, background extraction, SUSAN algorithm