Abstract:The domain of Multi-Object Tracking (MOT) is of paramount significance within the realm of video analysis. However, both traditional methodologies and deep learning-based approaches within this domain exhibit inherent limitations. Deep learning methods driven exclusively by data exhibit challenges in accurately discerning the motion states of objects, while traditional methods relying on comprehensive mathematical models may suffer from suboptimal tracking precision. To address these challenges, we introduce the Model-Data-Driven Motion-Static Object Tracking Method (MoD2T). We propose a novel architecture that adeptly amalgamates traditional mathematical modeling with deep learning-based MOT frameworks, thereby effectively mitigating the limitations associated with sole reliance on established methodologies or advanced deep learning techniques. MoD2T's fusion of mathematical modeling and deep learning augments the precision of object motion determination, consequently enhancing tracking accuracy. Our empirical experiments robustly substantiate MoD2T's efficacy across a diverse array of scenarios, including UAV aerial surveillance and street-level tracking. To assess MoD2T's proficiency in discerning object motion states, we introduce MVF1 metric. This novel performance metric is designed to measure the accuracy of motion state classification, providing a comprehensive evaluation of MoD2T's performance. Meticulous experiments substantiate the rationale behind MVF1's formulation. To provide a comprehensive assessment of MoD2T's performance, we meticulously annotate diverse datasets and subject MoD2T to rigorous testing. The achieved MVF1 scores, which measure the accuracy of motion state classification, are particularly noteworthy in scenarios marked by minimal or mild camera motion, with values of 0.774 on the KITTI dataset, 0.521 on MOT17, and 0.827 on UAVDT.
Abstract:This paper aims to address critical issues in the field of Multi-Object Tracking (MOT) by proposing an efficient and computationally resource-efficient end-to-end multi-object tracking model, named MO-YOLO. Traditional MOT methods typically involve two separate steps: object detection and object tracking, leading to computational complexity and error propagation issues. Recent research has demonstrated outstanding performance in end-to-end MOT models based on Transformer architectures, but they require substantial hardware support. MO-YOLO combines the strengths of YOLO and RT-DETR models to construct a high-efficiency, lightweight, and resource-efficient end-to-end multi-object tracking network, offering new opportunities in the multi-object tracking domain. On the MOT17 dataset, MOTR\cite{zeng2022motr} requires training with 8 GeForce 2080 Ti GPUs for 4 days to achieve satisfactory results, while MO-YOLO only requires 1 GeForce 2080 Ti GPU and 12 hours of training to achieve comparable performance.