Western societies are aging rapidly. An automated 24/7 surveillance to ensure safety of the
elderly while respecting privacy becomes a major challenge. At the same time this is …

In-house video surveillance to control the safety of people living in domestic environments is
considered. In this context, common problems and general purpose computer vision …

Automated surveillance systems observe the environment utilizing cameras. The observed
scenario is then analysed using motion detection, crowd behaviour, individual behaviour …

There is a growing interest in the development and deployment of surveillance systems in
public and private locations. Conventional approaches rely on the installation of wide area …

In recent years, a large number of cameras have been installed in public spaces as a part of
intelligent video surveillance systems. Such systems are being continuously developed due …

In this paper an automated video based real-time surveillance system is presented. This
system is based on an omnidirectional camera and a multiple object tracking technique for …

This survey describes the current state-of-the-art in the development of automated visual
surveillance systems so as to provide researchers in the field with a summary of progress …

Tracking-based approaches for abandoned object detection often become unreliable in
complex surveillance videos due to occlusions, lighting changes, and other factors. We …

Monitoring of public and private sites has increasingly become a very sensitive issue
resulting in a patchwork of privacy laws varying from country to country-though all aimed at …

The integration of video technology and sensor networks constitutes the fundamental
infrastructure for new generations of multimedia surveillance systems, where many different …