Crowd Movement Type Estimation in Video by Integral Optical Flow and Convolution Neural Network

Abstract

The paper proposes a new approach for crowd movement type estimation in video by combining convolutional neural network and integral optical flow. At first, main notions of crowd detection and tracking are given. Secondly, crowd movement features and parameters are defined. Three rules are proposed to identify direct crowd motion. Signs are presented for identifying chaotic crowd movement. Region movement indicators are introduced to analyze the movement of a group of people or a crowd. Thirdly, an algorithm of crowd movement types estimation using convolutional neural network and integral optical flow is proposed. We calculate crowd movement trajectories and show how they can be used to analyze behavior and divide crowds into groups of people. Experimental results show that with the help of convolutional neural network and integral optical flow crowd movement parameters can be calculated more accurately and quickly. The algorithm demonstrates stronger robustness to noise and the ability to get more accurate boundaries of moving objects.