Computer Vision based group activity detection and action spotting

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.13315v1
• Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:52:22 GMT
• Title: Computer Vision based group activity detection and action spotting
• Authors: Narthana Sivalingam, Santhirarajah Sivasthigan, Thamayanthi Mahendranathan, G. M. R. I. Godaliyadda, M. P. B. Ekanayake, H. M. V. R. Herath,
• Abstract summary: Group activity detection in multi-person scenes is challenging due to complex human interactions and variations in appearance over time.<n>This work presents a computer vision based framework for group activity recognition and action spotting using a combination of deep learning models and graph based relational reasoning.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Group activity detection in multi-person scenes is challenging due to complex human interactions, occlusions, and variations in appearance over time. This work presents a computer vision based framework for group activity recognition and action spotting using a combination of deep learning models and graph based relational reasoning. The system first applies Mask R-CNN to obtain accurate actor localization through bounding boxes and instance masks. Multiple backbone networks, including Inception V3, MobileNet, and VGG16, are used to extract feature maps, and RoIAlign is applied to preserve spatial alignment when generating actor specific features. The mask information is then fused with the feature maps to obtain refined masked feature representations for each actor. To model interactions between individuals, we construct Actor Relation Graphs that encode appearance similarity and positional relations using methods such as normalized cross correlation, sum of absolute differences, and dot product. Graph Convolutional Networks operate on these graphs to reason about relationships and predict both individual actions and group level activities. Experiments on the Collective Activity dataset demonstrate that the combination of mask based feature refinement, robust similarity search, and graph neural network reasoning leads to improved recognition performance across both crowded and non crowded scenarios. This approach highlights the potential of integrating segmentation, feature extraction, and relational graph reasoning for complex video understanding tasks.

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