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

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 …

Advanced Video-Based Surveillance Systems presents second generation surveillance
systems that automatically process large sets of signals for performance monitoring tasks …

The problem of automated visual surveillance has spawned a lively research area, with
2005 seeing three conferences or workshops and special issues of two major journals …

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 …

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 …

Surveillance systems provide the capability of collecting authentic and purposeful
information and forming appropriate decisions to enhance safety. This paper reviews …

Rapid improvement in computing power, cheap sensing, and more flexible algorithms are
facilitating increased development of real-time video surveillance and monitoring systems …

Detection, tracking, and understanding of moving objects of interest in dynamic scenes have
been active research areas in computer vision over the past decades. Intelligent visual …

The usefulness of networks of surveillance cameras is primarily limited by the demand
placed on human supervisors to monitor many real time video feeds simultaneously. The …