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Fast Global Kernel Density Mode Seeking: Applications To Localization And Tracking, Chunhua Shen, Michael Brooks, Anton Van Den Hengel

Chunhua Shen

Tracking objects in video using the mean shift (MS) technique has been the subject of considerable attention. In this work, we aim to remedy one of its shortcomings. MS, like other gradient ascent optimization methods, is designed to find local modes. In many situations, however, we seek the global mode of a density function. The standard MS tracker assumes that the initialization point falls within the basin of attraction of the desired mode. When tracking objects in video this assumption may not hold, particularly when the target's displacement between successive frames is large. In this case, the local and global …