Adaptive learning for target tracking and true linking discovering across multiple non-overlapping cameras

IEEE Transactions on Multimedia

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 625-638

  Chen, Kuan Wen ^a   Lai, Chih Chuan ^a   Lee, Pei Jyun ^a   Chen, Chu Song ^a,b,c   Hung, Yi Ping ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brightness transfer function; camera network; non overlapping cameras; spatio temporal relationship; visual surveillance; visual tracking

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; CAMERA NETWORK; NON-OVERLAPPING CAMERAS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS; VISUAL SURVEILLANCE; VISUAL TRACKING;

DIGITAL CAMERAS; LUMINANCE; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

TARGET TRACKING;

EID: 79960663800     PISSN: 15209210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMM.2011.2131639     Document Type: Article

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