arXiv:2509.18451cs.CV2025-09被引 1

对比五种卡尔曼滤波追踪方法,发现现有技术难精确定位高速小球。

An Analysis of Kalman Filter based Object Tracking Methods for Fast-Moving Tiny Objects

  • 用自建数据集测试五种卡尔曼滤波追踪算法在高速小球上的表现。
  • DeepOCSORT误差最低(平均ADE 31.15像素),但所有方法都存在3-11厘米漂移。
  • 适合体育机器人、高速运动目标追踪等需要高精度的场景研究者参考。

快速移动的小型物体(如壁球)因运动轨迹不可预测且视觉特征微弱,成为计算机视觉中极具挑战的任务。该问题在体育机器人应用中尤为关键,轻量级精准追踪可提升机器人感知与规划能力。尽管基于卡尔曼滤波的追踪方法在一般场景表现良好,但在处理快速移动、不规则弹跳的物体时性能显著下降。本研究评估了五种前沿卡尔曼滤波追踪方法:OCSORT、DeepOCSORT、ByteTrack、BoTSORT 和 StrongSORT,使用包含10,000帧标注数据的自建数据集,分辨率为720p-1280p。重点分析推理速度与每帧更新频率对追踪准确性和可靠性的影响。实验覆盖四种不同场景,结果显示,DeepOCSORT平均ADE为31.15像素,优于ByteTrack的114.3像素;而ByteTrack平均推理时间最快,为26.6ms,DeepOCSORT为26.8ms。然而,所有方法均出现明显追踪漂移,空间误差达3-11厘米(对应ADE 31-114像素),表明现有方法难以应对高速小球的不可预测运动模式。结果表明当前追踪方案需大幅提升,其误差水平较标准基准高出3-4倍,亟需针对高速小物体设计专用追踪方法。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Unpredictable movement patterns and small visual mark make precise tracking of fast-moving tiny objects like a racquetball one of the challenging problems in computer vision. This challenge is particularly relevant for sport robotics applications, where lightweight and accurate tracking systems can improve robot perception and planning capabilities. While Kalman filter-based tracking methods have shown success in general object tracking scenarios, their performance degrades substantially when dealing with rapidly moving objects that exhibit irregular bouncing behavior. In this study, we evaluate the performance of five state-of-the-art Kalman filter-based tracking methods-OCSORT, DeepOCSORT, ByteTrack, BoTSORT, and StrongSORT-using a custom dataset containing 10,000 annotated racquetball frames captured at 720p-1280p resolution. We focus our analysis on two critical performance factors: inference speed and update frequency per image, examining how these parameters affect tracking accuracy and reliability for fast-moving tiny objects. Our experimental evaluation across four distinct scenarios reveals that DeepOCSORT achieves the lowest tracking error with an average ADE of 31.15 pixels compared to ByteTrack's 114.3 pixels, while ByteTrack demonstrates the fastest processing at 26.6ms average inference time versus DeepOCSORT's 26.8ms. However, our results show that all Kalman filter-based trackers exhibit significant tracking drift with spatial errors ranging from 3-11cm (ADE values: 31-114 pixels), indicating fundamental limitations in handling the unpredictable motion patterns of fast-moving tiny objects like racquetballs. Our analysis demonstrates that current tracking approaches require substantial improvements, with error rates 3-4x higher than standard object tracking benchmarks, highlighting the need for specialized methodologies for fast-moving tiny object tracking applications.

目标追踪卡尔曼滤波高速物体体育机器人

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