Finding the optimal background subtraction algorithm for EuroHockey 2015 video

HIGHAM, D, KELLEY, John, HUDSON, Christopher and GOODWILL, Simon (2016). Finding the optimal background subtraction algorithm for EuroHockey 2015 video. Procedia Engineering, 147, 637-642. [Article]

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Abstract
Background subtraction is a classic step in a vision-based localization and tracking workflow. Previous studies have compared background subtraction algorithms on publicly available datasets; however comparisons were made only with manually optimized parameters. The aim of this research was to identify the optimal background subtraction algorithm for a set of field hockey videos captured at EuroHockey 2015. Particle Swarm Optimization was applied to find the optimal background subtraction algorithm. The objective function was the F-score, i.e. the harmonic mean of precision and recall. The precision and recall were calculated using the output of the background subtraction algorithm and gold standard labeled images. The training dataset consisted of 15 x 13 second field hockey video segments. The test data consisted of 5 x 13 second field hockey video segments. The video segments were chosen to be representative of the teams present at the tournament, the times of day the matches were played and the weather conditions experienced. Each segment was 960 pixels x 540 pixels and had 10 ground truth labeled frames. Eight commonly used background subtraction algorithms were considered. Results suggest that a background subtraction algorithm must use optimized parameters for a valid comparison of performance. Particle Swarm Optimization is an appropriate method to undertake this optimization. The optimal algorithm, Temporal Median, achieved an F-score of 0.791 on the test dataset, suggesting it generalizes to the rest of the video footage captured at EuroHockey 2015.
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