Fire pixel classification using fuzzy logic and statistical color model

Abstract

In this paper, fuzzy logic enhanced generic color model for fire pixel classification is proposed. The model uses YCbCr color space to separate the luminance from the chrominance more effectively than color spaces such as RGB or rgb. Concepts from fuzzy logic are used to replace existing heuristic rules and make the classification more robust in effectively discriminating fire and fire like colored objects. Further discrimination between fire and non fire pixels are achieved by a statistically derived chrominance model which is expressed as a region in the chrominance plane. The performance of the model is tested on two large sets of images; one set contains fire while the other set contains no fire but has regions similar to fire color. The model achieves up to 99.00% correct fire detection rate with a 9.50% false alarm rate.