Hybrid tracking system for robust fiducials registration in augmented reality

An effective augmented reality system requires an accurate registration of virtual graphics on real images. In this work, we developed a multi-modal tracking architecture for object identification and occlusion handling. Our approach combines several sensors and techniques to overcome the environment changes. This architecture is composed of a first coded targets registration module based on a hybrid algorithm of pose estimation. To manage partial target occlusions, a second module based on a robust method for feature points tracking is developed. The latest component of the system is the hybrid tracking module. This multi-sensors part handles total target occlusions issue. Experiments with the multi-modal system proved the effectiveness of the proposed tracking approach and occlusion handling in augmented reality applications.