Systems and algorithms for autonomously simultaneous observation of multiple objects using robotic PTZ cameras assisted by a wide-angle camera

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3802-3807

  Xu, Yiliang ^a   Song, Dezhen ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERA PARAMETER; HEAVY TRAFFICS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW RESOLUTION; MOVING OBJECTS; MULTIPLE OBJECTS; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; PAN-TILT-ZOOM CAMERA; PARAMETER SETTING; PTZ CAMERA; REAL TIME; SIMULATION RESULT; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; WIDE-ANGLE CAMERA;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; TRACKING (POSITION);

CAMERAS;

EID: 76249113059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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