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Privacy-preserving person re-identification uses depth images and Transformers

Researchers have developed a novel person re-identification system that prioritizes privacy by utilizing depth images instead of traditional RGB data. This method employs a Transformer encoder to process temporal sequences, capturing dynamic movement patterns from both RGB and depth modalities. The Hungarian algorithm is used to optimize the matching process between different views, and batch hard triplet loss enhances feature learning. Evaluations on datasets like TVPR2 and BIWI RGBD-ID show that the depth-only approach achieves competitive performance while preserving user privacy. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Laurent Guimas ·

    Privacy-Preserving Person Re-Identification from Temporal Sequences with Transformer and Hungarian Optimization

    Person re-identification (Re-ID) is a crucial task in surveillance and human behavior analysis, often used in public spaces such as transport hubs. Traditional RGB-based Re-ID methods raise privacy concerns and are highly sensitive to lighting variations and occlusion. In this pa…