Methods and algorithms for video-based multi-point frequency measuring and mapping

Software for video-based multi-point frequency measuring and mapping: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/53429

Object vibrations and movements can be detected through changes in its luminance. In this paper, we demonstrate that we can obtain the vibration frequency of all vibrating targets in the sequence simultaneously through the analysis of local neighborhoods. The study is completed with a short-time Fourier analysis so that changes in the movement frequencies are also accounted. We also show that this information can be displayed like a color frequency map that can be superimposed to the video sequence providing a whole description of the analyzed sequence. The method can be used to analyze complex structures since their different vibrating parts can be visualized at a glance. The main algorithms, methods and some sequences are freely downloadable so that new applications and procedures can be implemented by the scientific community.

The authors acknowledge the support of the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad through the project BIA2011-22704.