An evaluation of moving shadow detection techniques

Mosin Russell, Ju Jia Zou, Gu Fang

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Abstract

Shadows of moving objects may cause serious problems in many computer vision applications, including object tracking and object recognition. In common object detection systems, due to having similar characteristics, shadows can be easily misclassified as either part of moving objects or independent moving objects. To deal with the problem of misclassifying shadows as foreground, various methods have been introduced. This paper addresses the main problematic situations associated with shadows and provides a comprehensive performance comparison on up-todate methods that have been proposed to tackle these problems. The evaluation is carried out using benchmark datasets that have been selected and modified to suit the purpose. This survey suggests the ways of selecting shadow detection methods under different scenarios.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)195-217
Number of pages23
JournalComputational Visual Media
Volume2
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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The Author(s) 2016. Distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

Keywords

  • computer vision
  • shadows

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