Author:Keaikitse, M; Brink, W; Govender, NatashaDate:Oct 2012Object detection is an essential first stage in a surveillance system, primarily because it focuses all the subsequent processes. The
standard approach to object detection is background subtraction. At the core of background subtraction is ...Read more
Author:Skosana, Vusi J; Ngxande, MDate:Jan 2020Edge-preserving smoothing filters have been shown to improve generalisation performance on the HOG features with a SVM classifier. However, not all smoothing filters and parameters lead to better performance. The effects of smoothing filters ...Read more
Author:Senekal, FDate:Nov 2010A new method for object detection using region based characteristics is proposed. The method uses correlation between features over a region as a descriptor for the region. It is shown that this region descriptor can be successfully applied ...Read more
Author:Keaikitse, M; Brink, W; Govender, NatashaDate:Nov 2014Detection and tracking are important components of many computer vision applications including automated surveillance. Object detection should overcome challenges such as changes in object appearances, illumination, and shadows. In our system, ...Read more
Author:Schwegmann, Colin P; Kleynhans, Waldo; Salmon, BP; Mdakane, Lizwe W; Meyer, Rory GVDate:Jul 2016The widespread access to Synthetic Aperture Radar data has created a need for more precise ship extraction, specifically in low-to-medium resolution imagery. While Synthetic Aperture Radar pixel resolution is improving for a large swaths, ...Read more