Shadow Suppression using RGB and HSV Color Space in Moving Object Detection

Video-surveillance and traffic analysis systems can be heavily improved using vision-based techniques to extract, manage and track objects in the scene. However, problems arise due to shadows. In particular, moving shadows can affect the correct localization, measurements and detection of moving objects. This work aims to present a technique for shadow detection and suppression used in a system for moving visual object detection and tracking. The major novelty of the shadow detection technique is the analysis carried out in the HSV color space to improve the accuracy in detecting shadows. This paper exploits comparison of shadow suppression using RGB and HSV color space in moving object detection and results in this paper are more encouraging using HSV colour space over RGB colour space.

@article{Surkutlawar2013,
  title     = {Shadow Suppression using RGB and HSV Color Space in Moving Object Detection},
  journal   = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
  volume    = {4},
  number    = {1},
  year      = {2013},
  publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
  author    = {Shailaja Surkutlawar and Prof. Ramesh K Kulkarni},
  doi       = {10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040126},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2013.040126}
}