%0 Conference Proceedings
%T A Distributed Camera System for Multi-Resolution Surveillance
%A Nicola Bellotto
%A Eric Sommerlade
%A Ben Benfold
%A Charles Bibby
%A I. Reid
%A Daniel Roth
%A Luc Van Gool
%A Carles Fernandez
%A Jordi Gonzalez
%B 3rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras
%D 2009
%F Nicola Bellotto2009
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%X We describe an architecture for a multi-camera, multi-resolution surveillance system. The aim is to support a set of distributed static and pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras and visual tracking algorithms, together with a central supervisor unit. Each camera (and possibly pan-tilt device) has a dedicated process and processor. Asynchronous interprocess communications and archiving of data are achieved in a simple and effective way via a central repository, implemented using an SQL database. Visual tracking data from static views are stored dynamically into tables in the database via client calls to the SQL server. A supervisor process running on the SQL server determines if active zoom cameras should be dispatched to observe a particular target, and this message is effected via writing demands into another database table. We show results from a real implementation of the system comprising one static camera overviewing the environment under consideration and a PTZ camera operating under closed-loop velocity control, which uses a fast and robust level-set-based region tracker. Experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach and its feasibility to multi-camera systems for intelligent surveillance.
%K 10.1109/ICDSC.2009.5289413
%U http://refbase.cvc.uab.es/files/BSB2009.pdf
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICDSC.2009.5289413