Computing the local continuity order of optical flow using fractional variational method

K. Kashu*, Y. Kameda, A. Imiya, T. Sakai, Yoshihiko Mochizuki

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Abstract

We introduce variational optical flow computation involving priors with fractional order differentiations. Fractional order differentiations are typical tools in signal processing and image analysis. The zero-crossing of a fractional order Laplacian yields better performance for edge detection than the zero-crossing of the usual Laplacian. The order of the differentiation of the prior controls the continuity class of the solution. Therefore, using the square norm of the fractional order differentiation of optical flow field as the prior, we develop a method to estimate the local continuity order of the optical flow field at each point. The method detects the optimal continuity order of optical flow and corresponding optical flow vector at each point. Numerical results show that the Horn-Schunck type prior involving the n + ε order differentiation for 0 < ε < 1 and an integer n is suitable for accurate optical flow computation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Pages154-167
Number of pages14
Volume5681 LNCS
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event7th International Conference on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, EMMCVPR 2009 - Bonn
Duration: 2009 Aug 242009 Aug 27

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5681 LNCS
ISSN (Print)03029743
ISSN (Electronic)16113349

Other

Other7th International Conference on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, EMMCVPR 2009
CityBonn
Period09/8/2409/8/27

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science(all)
  • Theoretical Computer Science

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