People recognition and tracking methods for control of viewpoint in CCTV systems

This paper presents several methods for application in CCTV systems in order to support operators´ duties. These methods are based on video processing only. In result, the attention of the operator can be attracted using an alarm signal. Additional information about objects can be delivered or the automatic control of PTZ cameras applied. Among the considered methods are: people detection, silhouette extraction, multiple camera signal processing, moving object tracking.