Real-time Cooperative Multi-target Tracking by Communicating Active Vision Agents.

Accession number;02A0234235
Title;Real-time Cooperative Multi-target Tracking by Communicating Active Vision Agents.
Author; UKITA N (Kyoto Univ.) MATSUYAMA T (Kyoto Univ.)
Journal Title;Joho Shori Gakkai Kenkyu Hokoku
Journal Code:Z0031B
ISSN:0919-6072
VOL.2002;NO.2(CVIM-131);PAGE.29-36(2002)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.13, REF.6
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;This paper presents a real-time cooperative multi-target tracking system. The system consists of a group of Active Vision Agents (AVAs), where an AVA is a logical model of a network-connected computer with an active camera. All AVAs cooperatively track their target objects by dynamically interacting with each other. As a result, the system as a whole can track multiple moving objects simultaneously under complicated dynamic situations in the real world. To implement the real-time cooperation among AVAs, we designed a three-layered interaction architecture. In each layer, parallel processes mutually exchange various information for the effective cooperation. To realize the information exchange in real time, we employed the dynamic memory architecture[5]. Experimental results demonstrate that AVAs cooperatively track their targets in real-time while adaptively changing their roles. (author abst.)