%0 Book Section
%T Beyond the Static Camera: Issues and Trends in Active Vision
%A Murad Al Haj
%A Carles Fernandez
%A Zhanwu Xiong
%A Ivan Huerta
%A Jordi Gonzalez
%A Xavier Roca
%E Th.B. Moeslund
%E A. Hilton
%E V. Krüger
%E L. Sigal
%B Visual Analysis of Humans: Looking at People
%D 2011
%N 2
%I Springer London
%@ 978-0-85729-996-3
%F Murad Al Haj2011
%O ISE
%O exported from refbase (http://refbase.cvc.uab.es/show.php?record=1814), last updated on Thu, 06 Mar 2014 12:41:15 +0100
%X Maximizing both the area coverage and the resolution per target is highly desirable in many applications of computer vision. However, with a limited number of cameras viewing a scene, the two objectives are contradictory. This chapter is dedicated to active vision systems, trying to achieve a trade-off between these two aims and examining the use of high-level reasoning in such scenarios. The chapter starts by introducing different approaches to active cameras configurations. Later, a single active camera system to track a moving object is developed, offering the reader first-hand understanding of the issues involved. Another section discusses practical considerations in building an active vision platform, taking as an example a multi-camera system developed for a European project. The last section of the chapter reflects upon the future trends of using semantic factors to drive smartly coordinated active systems.
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-997-0_2
%P 11-30