Traditional Background Modeling

Background modeling (or representation) describes the kind of model used to represent the background.

The simplest way to model the background is to acquire a background image which doesn't include any moving object. In some environments, the background isn’t available and can always be changed under critical situations like illumination changes, objects being introduced or removed from the scene. To take into account these problems of robustness and adaptation, traditional background modeling methods can be classified in the following categories:



Author: Thierry BOUWMANS, Associate Professor, Lab. MIA, Univ. La Rochelle, France.

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T. Bouwmans, “Traditional and Recent Approaches in Background Modeling for Foreground Detection: An Overview”, Computer Science Review, 2014. [pdf]

T. Bouwmans, E. Zahzah, “Robust PCA via Principal Component Pursuit: A Review for a Comparative Evaluation in Video Surveillance”, Special Issue on Background Models Challenge, Computer Vision and Image Understanding, CVIU 2014, Volume 122, pages 22–34, May 2014. [pdf]

T. Bouwmans, "Recent Advanced Statistical Background Modeling for Foreground Detection: A Systematic Survey", Recent Patents on Computer Science, Volume 4, No. 3, pages147-176, September 2011. [pdf]

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