Automated Multi-Camera Surveillance: Algorithms and Practice

Existing automated surveillance systems can be classified into categories according to:

• The environment they are primarily designed to observe;
• The number of sensors that the automated surveillance system can handle;
• The mobility of sensor.

The primary concern of this book is surveillance in an outdoor urban setting, where it is not possible for a single camera to observe the complete area of interest. Multiple cameras are required to observe such large environments. This book discusses and proposes techniques for development of an automated multi-camera surveillance system for outdoor environments, while identifying the important issues that a system needs to cope with in realistic surveillance scenarios. The goal of the research presented in this book is to build systems that can deal effectively with these realistic surveillance needs.