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Multi-Camera Coordination and Control in Surveillance Systems: A Survey

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Prabhu Natarajan,

Pradeep K. Atrey,

Mohan KankanhalliAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), Volume 11, Issue 4

Article No.: 57, Pages 1 - 30

https://doi.org/10.1145/2710128

Published: 02 June 2015 Publication History

Abstract

The use of multiple heterogeneous cameras is becoming more common in today's surveillance systems. In order to perform surveillance tasks, effective coordination and control in multi-camera systems is very important, and is catching significant research attention these days. This survey aims to provide researchers with a state-of-the-art overview of various techniques for multi-camera coordination and control (MC³) that have been adopted in surveillance systems. The existing literature on MC³ is presented through several classifications based on the applicable architectures, frameworks and the associated surveillance tasks. Finally, a discussion on the open problems in surveillance area that can be solved effectively using MC³ and the future directions in MC³ research is presented

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