TY  - CHAP
AU  - Murad Al Haj
AU  - Carles Fernandez
AU  - Zhanwu Xiong
AU  - Ivan Huerta
AU  - Jordi Gonzalez
AU  - Xavier Roca
ED  - Th.B. Moeslund
ED  - A. Hilton
ED  - V. Krüger
ED  - L. Sigal
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Beyond the Static Camera: Issues and Trends in Active Vision
BT  - Visual Analysis of Humans: Looking at People
SP  - 11
EP  - 30
IS  - 2
PB  - Springer London
N2  - 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.
SN  - 978-0-85729-996-3
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-997-0_2
N1  - ISE
ID  - Murad Al Haj2011
ER  -