Surveillance cameras, also called CCTV (closed-circuit television), are widely deployed as
one of the solutions to improve public safety. The visual data from these cameras are usually …

Campus security and police departments have implemented a multitude of safety
precautions, including CCTV cameras. The efficiency and effectiveness of using CCTV …

In large scale surveillance systems, a number of CCTV cameras are installed in distributed
premises and are connected to a central control station, where human operators observe the …

This paper advocates a virtual vision paradigm and demonstrates its usefulness in camera
sensor network research. Virtual vision prescribes the use of a visually and behaviorally …

Many large cities have installed surveillance cameras to monitor human activities for security
purposes. An important surveillance application is to track the motion of an object of interest …

The density and complexity of urban environments present significant challenges for
autonomous vehicles. Moreover, ensuring pedestrians' safety and protecting personal …

We describe a wide area camera network on a campus setting, the SCALLOPSNet
(Scalable Large Optical Sensor Network). It covers with about 100 stationary cameras an …

Thousands of cameras are connected to the Internet providing streaming data (videos or
periodic images). The images contain information that can be used to determine the scene …

In recent years, in the surveillance system which observes the behavior of human invasion
to building or indoor, it is required not only to capture the high quality and wide area image …

Automatic placement of surveillance cameras in arbitrary buildings is a challenging task,
and also one that is essential for efficient deployment of large scale surveillance networks …