Active-vision-based multisensor surveillance—an implementation

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 668-680

  Croft, Elizabeth A ^c   Benhabib, Beno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active vision; dispatching; dynamic sensors; sensing systems; sensor fusion; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MOTION ESTIMATION; CAMERAS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; SENSORS; TARGETS; VISUAL SERVOING;

ACTIVE VISION; DISPATCHING ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC SENSORS; SENSING SYSTEMS;

SENSOR DATA FUSION; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

ACTIVE VISION; DISPATCHING; DYNAMIC SENSORS; SENSING SYSTEMS; SENSOR FUSION; SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33947155229     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: 15582442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2005.855525     Document Type: Article

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