calculates the apparent motion of objects or features between consecutive frames in a video

  • recovering motion from optical flow
    • relies on 3 assumptions

conditions for solving

Iterative

  1. solve lucas-kanade
  2. warp l(t-1) towareds l(t) using estimated flow
  3. repeat until convergence

issues

What are the potential causes of errors in this procedure?

When our assumptions are violated

  • Brightness constancy is not satisfied
  • The motion is not small
  • A point does not move like its neighbors
    • window size is too large
    • what is the ideal window size? (hyperparameter)