Wavelet based analysis of rotational motion in digital image sequences

Mingqi Kong, Jean Pierre Leduc, Bajoy K. Ghosh, Jon Corbett, Vzctor M. Wickerhauser

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Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of estimating, analyzing and tracking objects moving with spatio-temporal rotational motion (spin or orbit). It is assumed that the digital signals of interest are acquired from a camera and structured as digital image sequences. The trajectories in the signal are two-dimensional spatial projections in time of motion taking place in a three-dimensional space. The purpose of this work is to focus on the rotational motion, i.e. estimate the angular velocity. In natural scenes, rotational motion usually composes with translational or accelerated motion on a trajectory. This paper shows that trajectory parameters and rotational motion can be efficiently estimated and tracked either simultaneously or separately. The final goal of this work is to provide selective reconstructions of moving objects of interest. This paper constructs new continuous wavelet transforms that can be tuned to both translational and rotational motion. The parameters of analysis that are taken into account in these rotational wavelet transforms are space and time position, velocity, spatial scale, angular orientation and angular velocity. The continuous wavelet functions are finally discretized for signal processing. The link between rotational motion, symmetry and critical sampling is also presented. Applications are presented with tracking and estimation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 1998
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2777-2780
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)0780344286, 9780780344280
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998
Event1998 23rd IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 1998 - Seattle, WA, United States
Duration: May 12 1998May 15 1998

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Volume5
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Conference

Conference1998 23rd IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 1998
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle, WA
Period05/12/9805/15/98

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