Automatic camera control using unobtrusive vision and audio tracking

Proceedings - Graphics Interface

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 47-54

  Ranjan, Abhishek ^a   Birnholtz, Jeremy ^a,b   Balakrishnan, Ravin ^a   Lee, Dana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated camera control; Computer vision; Meeting capture; Video

Indexed keywords

AUDIO TRACKING; CAMERA CONTROLS; HIGH-END SYSTEMS; LIVE TELEVISION; MEETING CAPTURE; MEETING VIDEO; MULTIPLE CAMERAS; PRODUCTION QUALITY; ROBUST APPROACHES; SYSTEM USE; VIDEO; VIDEO STREAMS;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER VISION;

CAMERAS;

EID: 77955602975     PISSN: 07135424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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