Automatic video mosaicking algorithm via dynamic key-frame

Automatic video mosaicking is a challenging task in computer vision. Current researches consider either panoramic or mapping tasks on short videos. In this paper, an automatic mosaicking algorithm is proposed for both mapping and panoramic tasks based on the adapted key-frame on videos of any length.The speeded up robust features(SURF) and the grid motion statistic(GMS) algorithm are used for feature extraction and matching between consecutive frames, which are used to compute the transformation. In order to reduce the influence of the accumulated error during image stitching, an evaluation metric is put forward for the transformation matrix. Besides, a self-growth method is employed to stitch the global image for long videos. The algorithm is evaluated by using aerial-view and panoramic videos respectively on the graphic processing unit(GPU) device, which can satisfy the real-time requirement. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is able to achieve a better performance than the state-of-art.

State estimate for stochastic systems with dual unknown interference inputs

Stochastic system state estimation subject to the unknown interference input widely exists in many fields,such as the control,communication,signal processing,and fault diagnosis.However,the research results are mostly limited to the stochastic system in which only the dynamic state model or the measurement model concerns the individual unknown interference input,and the state model and the measurement model are both with the same unknown interference input.State estimate of the stochastic systems where the state model and the measurement model contain dual Unknown Interference inputs(dual-UI)with different physical meanings and mathematical definitions is concerned here.Firstly,the decoupling condition with the Unknown Interference input in the State model(S-UI)is shown,which introduces the decoupled system with the adjacent Measurement concerned Unknown Interference inputs(M-UI)appearing in the state model and the measurement model.Then,through defining the Differential term of the adjacent M-UI(M-UID),the equivalent system with only M-UID in the state model is obtained.Finally,considering the design freedom of the equivalent system,the decoupling filter in the minimum mean square error sense and the adaptive minimum upper filter with different applicable conditions are represented to obtain the optimal and sub-optimal state estimate,respectively.Two simulation cases verify the effectiveness and superiority compared with the traditional methods.

Joint parameter and state estimation for stochastic uncertain system with multivariate skew t noises

Due to the pulse interference, measurement outliers and artificial modeling errors, the multivariate skew t noise widely exists in the real environment. However, to date, little attention has been paid to the state estimation for systems in which the process noise and the measurement noise are both modeled as the heavy-tailed and skew non-Gaussian noise. In this paper, the multivariate skew t distribution is utilized to model the heavy-tailed and skew non-Gaussian noise. Then a probabilistic graphical form of the multivariate skew t distribution is given and proved. Based on the probabilistic graphical form, a hierarchical Gaussian state space model for stochastic uncertain systems is proposed, which transforms the estimation problem for systems with the heavy-tailed and skew non-Gaussian noises into the one with a hierarchical Gaussian state space model. Next, given the designed Gaussian state space model, the robust Bayesian filter and smoother based on the variational Bayesian inference are proposed to approximately estimate the system state and the unknown noise parameters. Furthermore, the complexity analysis together with the controllability and observability for stochastic uncertain systems with multivariate skew t noises is given. Finally,the simulation results of the target tracking scenario verify the validity of the proposed algorithms.