Functional calibration for pan-tilt-zoom cameras in hybrid sensor networks

Multimedia Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-268

  Wren, Christopher R ^a   Erdem, Ugur Murat ^b   Azarbayejani, Ali J ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive systems; Sensor networks; Video surveillance

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSORS;

FUNCTIONAL CALIBRATION; PAN TILT ZOOM CAMERAS; SENSOR NETWORKS; VIDEO SURVEILLANCE;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 33845303556     PISSN: 09424962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00530-006-0061-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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