Title :
Rapidly Deployable Distributed Video Surveillance System for Resource Constrained Applications
Author :
Farrell, Michael ; Walthall, Benjamin ; Vaswani, Avinay ; Thompson, Francis G. ; DeVore, Michael D.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville
Abstract :
We report on a the design of a video surveillance system designed for rapid deployment on devices with limited computation and communication capability. The system employs a new video encoding algorithm specifically designed for surveillance of moving objects in a slowly changing environment. The prototype system is deployed on a mixed Linux network, with video streams originating from desktop, laptop, and Intel PXA25S-based embedded devices. Low computational demand and high compression rates are achieved by segmenting foreground objects from the background and streaming only meta-information and compressed imagery representing the foreground. Rapid deployment and seamless monitoring are provided through a web-based interface that manages multiple geographic regions and the cameras they contain, camera addresses, motion detection alerts, and video streams.
Keywords :
Linux; user interfaces; video coding; video surveillance; PXA25S-based embedded devices; Web-based interface; compression rates; distributed video surveillance system; meta-information; mixed Linux network; rapid deployment; resource constrained applications; seamless monitoring; video encoding capability; Algorithm design and analysis; Cameras; Encoding; Image coding; Linux; Portable computers; Prototypes; Streaming media; Video compression; Video surveillance;
Conference_Titel :
Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, 2007. SIEDS 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Charlottesville, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1286-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1286-0
DOI :
10.1109/SIEDS.2007.4373991