On detection of multiple object instances using hough transforms

Olga Barinova, Victor Lempitsky, Pushmeet Kohli
2010 2010 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition  
To detect multiple objects of interest, the methods based on Hough transform use non-maxima supression or mode seeking in order to locate and to distinguish peaks in Hough images. Such postprocessing requires tuning of extra parameters and is often fragile, especially when objects of interest tend to be closely located. In the paper, we develop a new probabilistic framework that is in many ways related to Hough transform, sharing its simplicity and wide applicability. At the same time, the
more » ... work bypasses the problem of multiple peaks identification in Hough images, and permits detection of multiple objects without invoking nonmaximum suppression heuristics. As a result, the experiments demonstrate a significant improvement in detection accuracy both for the classical task of straight line detection and for a more modern category-level (pedestrian) detection problem.
doi:10.1109/cvpr.2010.5539905 dblp:conf/cvpr/BarinovaLK10 fatcat:krsqmeuaanfpzmlp7unmptqm34