TY - JOUR T1 - Object Detection and Tracking Scheme Based on SURF and Difference Image AU - Chul Park, Dong- JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 12 IS - 14 SP - 3682 EP - 3686 PY - 2017 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2017.3682.3686 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.3682.3686 KW - Object detection KW -tracking KW -SURF KW -interest points KW -difference image AB - An efficient scheme for object detection and tracking under a fixed camera environment with SURF (Speeded Up Robust Feature) algorithm and the difference image method is proposed in this study. Since, SURF provides local feature descriptors robust on scale, rotation and illumination changes, SURF algorithm is adopted for its advantages over SIFT (Scale Invariant Feature Transform) algorithm. In order to improve the speed and accuracy in detecting and tracking objects, the proposed algorithm combines SURF algorithm and the difference image method. Experiments on two video data sets imply that the proposed method can be an alternative to conventional methods because of the improvements in terms of the speed of operation and the tracking accuracy over conventional methods. ER -