Human motion detection and classification

• Main Authors: Khalifa, Othman Omran, Awang, Mat Kamil, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IIUM Press 2011
• Subjects: TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/21652/1/Chapter_19.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/21652/; http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx

Human Motion Detection is one of the most challenging problems in computer vision due to the huge quantity of possible cases. The number of postures depends on the degree of freedom of the human body (i.e. the articulations such as shoulders or knees). Moreover, the morphology of the person (height,...