Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2005, 7(2):54-57 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2005.2.54-57

The Block Matching Algorithm and Its Use for Vehicle Motion Description

Martin Capka1
1 Department of Transportation Networks, Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, University of Zilina, Slovakia

This paper deals with principles of Block Matching Algorithm (BMA) and its use for vehicle detection and tracking. The Block matching plays essential role in motion estimation employed in the MPEG compression standard. The current frame is divided by BMA in smaller, fixed size blocks. These blocks are then matched in the previous frame in order to estimate their displacement between two successive frames. BMA supplies us with information referred to as motion vectors. Motion vectors are next processed to gain relevant data for vehicle detection and tracking.

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Capka, M. (2005). The Block Matching Algorithm and Its Use for Vehicle Motion Description. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 7(2), 54-57. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2005.2.54-57
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