The visual object tracking VOT2014 challenge results

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The Visual Object Tracking challenge 2014, VOT2014, aims at comparing short-term single-object visual trackers that do not apply pre-learned models of object appearance. Results of 38 trackers are presented. The number of tested trackers makes VOT 2014 the largest benchmark on short-term tracking to date. For each participating tracker, a short description is provided in the appendix. Features of the VOT2014 challenge that go beyond its VOT2013 predecessor are introduced: (i) a new VOT2014 dataset with full annotation of targets by rotated bounding boxes and per-frame attribute, (ii) extensions of the VOT2013 evaluation methodology, (iii) a new unit for tracking speed assessment less dependent on the hardware and (iv) the VOT2014 evaluation toolkit that significantly speeds up execution of experiments. The dataset, the evaluation kit as well as the results are publicly available at the challenge website (http://votchallenge.net).

Authors: Kristan, M; Pflugfelder, R; Leonardis, A; Matas, J; Čehovin, L

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Springer
• Host title: Computer Vision - ECCV 2014 Workshops: Zurich, Switzerland, September 6-7 and 12, 2014, Proceedings, Part II
• Pages: 191-217
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Series number: 8926
• Place of publication: Cham, Switzerland
• Publication date: 2015-03-20
• Event title: 13th ECCV Workshops 2014
• Event location: Zurich, Switzerland
• Event start date: 2014-09-06
• Event end date: 2014-09-12
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16181-5_14
• EISSN: 1611-3349
• ISSN: 0302-9743
• EISBN: 9783319161815
• ISBN: 9783319161808
• Language: English
• Keywords: VOT; short-term single-object trackers; performance evaluation