Lucas–Kanade optical flow algorithm

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The Lucas–Kanade optical flow algorithm is a widely used computer vision method for estimating the motion of features between consecutive images by assuming locally constant motion and solving a least-squares problem.

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instanceOf computer vision algorithm ⓘ
feature tracking method ⓘ
optical flow algorithm ⓘ
assumption brightness constancy ⓘ
locally constant motion ⓘ
small motion between frames ⓘ
basedOn optical flow constraint equation ⓘ
category differential optical flow method ⓘ
commonVariant inverse compositional Lucas–Kanade ⓘ
pyramidal Lucas–Kanade optical flow ⓘ
field computer vision ⓘ
image processing ⓘ
robotics ⓘ
video analysis ⓘ
implementedIn MATLAB Computer Vision Toolbox ⓘ
OpenCV ⓘ
scikit-image ⓘ
influenced modern feature tracking pipelines ⓘ
real-time visual tracking systems ⓘ
introducedBy Bruce D. Lucas ⓘ
Takeo Kanade ⓘ
limitation assumes constant motion within window ⓘ
fails on large motions without pyramids ⓘ
sensitive to illumination changes ⓘ
mathematicalTool Gauss–Newton optimization ⓘ
normal equations ⓘ
operatesOn consecutive image frames ⓘ
local image neighborhoods ⓘ
originalPublicationTitle An iterative image registration technique with an application to stereo vision ⓘ
originalPublicationVenue Proceedings of Imaging Understanding Workshop ⓘ
output displacement vector of features ⓘ
optical flow field at selected points ⓘ
publicationYear 1981 ⓘ
relatedTo Horn–Schunck optical flow method ⓘ
KLT feature tracker ⓘ
pyramidal Lucas–Kanade method ⓘ
requires good spatial texture in local window ⓘ
solves 2D motion vector for image patch ⓘ
typicalInput grayscale image sequence ⓘ
typicalUseCase feature tracking in video ⓘ
image registration ⓘ
motion estimation ⓘ
stereo matching refinement ⓘ
visual odometry ⓘ
uses least-squares estimation ⓘ
overdetermined linear system ⓘ
spatial image gradients ⓘ
temporal image gradients ⓘ
windowType fixed-size image patch ⓘ

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Takeo Kanade → knownFor → Lucas–Kanade optical flow algorithm ⓘ
Lucas–Kanade optical flow algorithm → originalPublicationTitle → An iterative image registration technique with an application to stereo vision ⓘ
linked to: Lucas–Kanade optical flow algorithm
Lucas–Kanade optical flow algorithm → relatedTo → pyramidal Lucas–Kanade method ⓘ
linked to: Lucas–Kanade optical flow algorithm
Lucas–Kanade optical flow algorithm → commonVariant → inverse compositional Lucas–Kanade ⓘ
linked to: Lucas–Kanade optical flow algorithm
Kanade–Lucas–Tomasi feature tracker → basedOn → Lucas–Kanade optical flow method ⓘ
linked to: Lucas–Kanade optical flow algorithm
Kanade–Lucas–Tomasi feature tracker → relatedTo → pyramidal Lucas–Kanade method ⓘ
linked to: Lucas–Kanade optical flow algorithm