A novel approach to real-time motion detection

A real-time scheme is introduced that meets a need for fast, reliable, multiple-target motion detection without accurate object velocity or structure measurements. A multiresolution approach decomposes images into a pyramid with several spatial frequency bands to selectively detect motion of interest. Multiple moving targets are detected using a multiple window, coarse-to-fine focus of attention scheme to reconstruct motion energy and search for targets. Real-time sensor motion (translation and rotation) compensations use hierarchical correlation and minimum perturbation. Results are shown for multiple moving targets in FLIR (forward-looking infrared) image sequences from both stationary and moving sensors.<<ETX>>

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