Partitioning gait cycles adaptive to fluctuating periods and bad silhouettes

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Abstract

Period detection and cycle partitioning are always the very beginning for most gait recognition algorithms. Badly segmented silhouettes and random fluctuations in walking speed are two of the main problems for this basic but important issue. In this paper, we propose a method of cycle partitioning that is adaptive to silhouette quality and speed fluctuations. To do that, autocorrelation on sliding window is proposed to quantify the silhouette quality into "trusted zones" and "uncertain zones". Prior period estimation and observation of fluctuations are incorporated to obtain more precise cycle detection. One criterion based on the difference of Common Phase Frames (CPF) is proposed to evaluate the precision of detection. In experiment, our method was compared with the traditional autocorrelation method using sequences from the USF gait database. The results showed the improved cycle partitioning performance of the proposed method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Biometrics - International Conference, ICB 2007, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages347-355
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783540745488
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event2007 International Conference on Advances in Biometrics, ICB 2007 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 27 Aug 200729 Aug 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4642 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2007 International Conference on Advances in Biometrics, ICB 2007
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period27/08/0729/08/07

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