ACT-Vision: active collaborative tracking for multiple PTZ cameras

Christopher Broaddus; Thomas Germano; Nicholas Vandervalk; Ajay Divakaran; Shunguang Wu; Harpreet Sawhney

doi:10.1117/12.818378

13 April 2009 ACT-Vision: active collaborative tracking for multiple PTZ cameras

Christopher Broaddus, Thomas Germano, Nicholas Vandervalk, Ajay Divakaran, Shunguang Wu, Harpreet Sawhney

Proceedings Volume 7345, Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2009; 734505 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818378
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

We describe a novel scalable approach for the management of a large number of Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras deployed outdoors for persistent tracking of humans and vehicles, without resorting to the large fields of view of associated static cameras. Our system, Active Collaborative Tracking - Vision (ACT-Vision), is essentially a real-time operating system that can control hundreds of PTZ cameras to ensure uninterrupted tracking of target objects while maintaining image quality and coverage of all targets using a minimal number of sensors. The system ensures the visibility of targets between PTZ cameras by using criteria such as distance from sensor and occlusion.

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Christopher Broaddus, Thomas Germano, Nicholas Vandervalk, Ajay Divakaran, Shunguang Wu, and Harpreet Sawhney "ACT-Vision: active collaborative tracking for multiple PTZ cameras", Proc. SPIE 7345, Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2009, 734505 (13 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818378

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