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JRM Vol.28 No.4 pp. 491-499
doi: 10.20965/jrm.2016.p0491
(2016)

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Human Detection by Fourier Descriptors and Fuzzy Color Histograms with Fuzzy c-Means Method

Shohei Akimoto, Tomokazu Takahashi, Masato Suzuki, Yasuhiko Arai, and Seiji Aoyagi

Kansai University
3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan

Received:
March 4, 2016
Accepted:
June 7, 2016
Published:
August 20, 2016
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Keywords:
RGB-D sensor, human detection, Fourier descriptors, color histogram, fuzzy c-means method
Abstract
It is difficult to use histograms of oriented gradients (HOG) or other gradient-based features to detect persons in outdoor environments given that the background or scale undergoes considerable changes. This study involved the segmentation of depth images. Additionally, P-type Fourier descriptors were extracted as shape features from two-dimensional coordinates of a contour in the segmentation domains. With respect to the P-type Fourier descriptors, a person detector was created with the fuzzy c-means method (for general person detection). Furthermore, a fuzzy color histogram was extracted in terms of color features from the RGB values of the domain surface. With respect to the fuzzy color histogram, a detector of a person wearing specific clothes was created with the fuzzy c-means method (specific person detection). The study includes the following characteristics: 1) The general person detection requires less number of images used for learning and is robust against a change in the scale when compared to that in cases in which HOG or other methods are used. 2) The specific person detection gives results close to those obtained by human color vision when compared to the color indices such as RGB or CIEDE. This method was applied for a person search application at the Tsukuba Challenge, and the obtained results confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Result of specific person detection in Tsukuba Challenge

Result of specific person detection in Tsukuba Challenge

Cite this article as:
S. Akimoto, T. Takahashi, M. Suzuki, Y. Arai, and S. Aoyagi, “Human Detection by Fourier Descriptors and Fuzzy Color Histograms with Fuzzy c-Means Method,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.28 No.4, pp. 491-499, 2016.
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