Probabilistic surveillance with multiple active cameras

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 440-445

  Sommerlade, Eric ^a   Reid, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CAMERA; CAMERA CONTROLS; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; CONTROL FUNCTIONS; HAND OFF; HANDCRAFTED RULES; INFORMATION THEORETIC MEASURE; MULTICAMERA SYSTEMS; MUTUAL INFORMATIONS; PAN-TILT-ZOOM CAMERA; PARAMETER SETTING; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES;

CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; INFORMATION THEORY; SECURITY SYSTEMS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 77955808439     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509736     Document Type: Conference Paper

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