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Object tracking based on the somatosensory system

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In this paper, a new way for a robust object tracking which based on somatosensory system tracking process is presented. When an object moves on the skin, it stimulates sensory receptors. Then, human can define object location at any time as well as its path. This perception is made by stimulation of the mechanoceptors. In this proposed approach, initially selected points named motionreceptors are fixed on the scene. Firstly, the tracker detects moving objects and represents them as points. Secondly, the tracker finds an association between objects and new detected zones. This association is done by calculating the degree of similarity between stimulated motionreceptors by new zones and objects. Then, it attributes new zones detected in motion to objects. Stimulated motionreceptors are points of the scene that are linked by a segment with points of objects or zones in the Delaunay triangulation. Finally, it updates objects position each time. Our approach was applied to some videos.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Laboratory of Research in Computer Science (LRI), University Badji Mokhtar, BP 12, 23000, Annaba, Algeria

    Mohamed Tahar Abdelkrim & Hayet Farida Merouani

  2. Department of Mathematics, Laboratory of Numerical Analysis, Optimization and Statistical (LANOS), University Badji Mokhtar, BP 12, 23000, Annaba, Algeria

    Zoubida Benhammadi

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Abdelkrim, M.T., Merouani, H.F. & Benhammadi, Z. Object tracking based on the somatosensory system. Evolving Systems 6, 167–175 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12530-014-9120-2

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