A novel algorithm for abandoned object detection

Abstract

Abandoned object detection is a crucial problem in many computer vision tasks. Traditional method based on foreground/background extraction techniques leads to a high false alarm rate. In this paper, we propose a novel detection algorithm based on change detection and blob separation. Our proposed approach suits more practical scenarios in which objects located near each other. Experiments are conducted on several well-known benchmarks to validate the efficacy of the algorithm proposed in this paper.