Abandoned Object´s Owner Detection: A Case Study of Hybrid Mobile-Fixed Video Surveillance System

In this paper, a new framework of hybrid mobile-fixed video surveillance system (HMFVSS) is introduced. The purpose of this framework is to overcome common problems of existing mobile or fixed video surveillance systems: (1) moral harassment: due to unfriendly or unnaturally installed mobile sensors, and (2) blind areas: due to narrow-scope moving of fixed cameras. A case study of abandoned object\´s owner alert system (AOOAS) is also presented to emphasize the framework\´s advantages. IP cameras and "Spyglass" (i.e. a mobile camera embedded on glasses) are used as fixed and mobile sensors, respectively. There are three main tasks are inherited, developed, and integrated: (1) image registration for automatically locating abandoned object, (2) common histogram based abandoned object\´s owner detection, and (3) faces recognition. The experimental results with careful evaluation and comparison with others shows that the proposed framework moves a step ahead in video surveillance system.