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Pfinder: Real-Time Tracking of the Human Body

Authors:

Christopher Richard Wren,

Ali Azarbayejani,

Trevor Darrell,

Alex Paul PentlandAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Volume 19, Issue 7

Pages 780 - 785

https://doi.org/10.1109/34.598236

Published: 01 July 1997 Publication History

Abstract

Pfinder is a real-time system for tracking people and interpreting their behavior. It runs at 10Hz on a standard SGI Indy computer, and has performed reliably on thousands of people in many different physical locations. The system uses a multiclass statistical model of color and shape to obtain a 2D representation of head and hands in a wide range of viewing conditions. Pfinder has been successfully used in a wide range of applications including wireless interfaces, video databases, and low-bandwidth coding.

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Index Terms

Pfinder: Real-Time Tracking of the Human Body
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Computer vision tasks
  2. Machine learning
    1. Machine learning approaches
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Decision support systems
      1. Expert systems

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IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Volume 19, Issue 7

July 1997

123 pages

ISSN:0162-8828

Editor:
Rangachar Kasturi
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park

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