Detecting multiple image motions by exploiting temporal coherence of apparent motion

Abstract

Motion-based image segmentation becomes inherently ambiguous when apparent motions of different objects are locally or globally similar during a period. To disambiguate the segmentation, temporal coherence between the local image motion at each edge point and the apparent motion of every object is examined over a long sequence. The point is grouped into that segment of the object whose apparent motion is temporally most coherent with the local image motion at the point.