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Lucas-Kanade Optical Flow

The Lucas-Kanade method, introduced by Bruce Lucas and Takeo Kanade in 1981, is a foundational technique for estimating optical flow—the apparent motion of objects in image sequences. By computing pixel-level motion vectors, the Lucas-Kanade algorithm tracks feature displacements between consecutive frames, enabling object tracking, motion estimation, and video analysis.

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Sources

  1. Lucas, B. D., & Kanade, T. (1981). An iterative image registration technique with an application to stereo vision. Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 674–679. link
  2. Bouguet, J. Y. (2001). Pyramidal implementation of the Lucas Kanade feature tracker. OpenCV Documentation. link

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ScholarGateLucas-Kanade Optical Flow (Lucas-Kanade Optical Flow Estimation). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/computer-vision/optical-flow-lucas-kanade