| Signature | MA 016 |
| Author | Rafael Rodríguez |
| Title | Background Subtraction with PTZ Cameras |
| Tutor | Dipl-Ing. Rubén Heras Evangelio |
| Professor | Dr.-Ing. Thomas Sikora |
| Date | March 2012 |
| Abstract | The segmentation of moving objects is often used as a first step in many video applications such as traffic monitoring and human activity understanding. Background subtraction is a commonly adopted technique for this segmentation, which basically involves detecting the moving objects by the difference between the current frame and a background model. However, most of the background subtraction approaches proposed in the literature are restricted to scenarios with the static cameras due to the need of a background model, being therefore not applicable in scenarios with Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras, which are popular option because of their ability to cover a wide field of view. |
| Key words | background subtraction, image registration, interpolation methods, mosaic |