International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 75 - Number 12 |
Year of Publication: 2013 |
Authors: Kshitij Kumar, Suneeta Agarwal |
10.5120/13160-0752 |
Kshitij Kumar, Suneeta Agarwal . An Efficient Hierarchical Approach for Background Subtraction and Shadow Removal using Adaptive GMM and Color Discrimination. International Journal of Computer Applications. 75, 12 ( August 2013), 1-7. DOI=10.5120/13160-0752
This paper presents an efficient approach for moving objects detection and shadow removal from color videos obtained using stationary camera. A background subtraction technique based on modified adaptive GMM has been proposed for detecting moving objects. Speed-up techniques have also been applied to enhance the computational efficiency of the algorithm. Then, a robust algorithm for shadow removal is used to remove cast shadows and ghosts. Foreground is reconstructed using graph cut based cleaning and non-recursive blob finding. Comparative experimental results demonstrate that proposed approach performs better in comparison to other state-of-the-art algorithms.