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PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE
Volume 89, Issue 10, Pages 1518-1539Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/5.959344
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aerial images; camera control; change detection; computer vision; geo-location; image processing; mosaicing; registration; tracking; video surveillance; visualization
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There is growing interest in performing aerial surveillance using video cameras. Compared to traditional framing cameras, videos provide the capability to observe ongoing activity within a scene and to automatically control the camera to track the activity. However, the high data rates and relatively small field of view of videos present new technical challenges that must be overcome before videos can be widely used. In this paper we present a framework and details of the key components for real-time, automatic exploitation of aerial video for surveillance applications. The framework involves separating an aerial video into the natural components corresponding to the scene. Three major components of the scene are the static background geometry, moving objects, and appearance of the static and dynamic components, of the scene. In order to delineate videos into these scene components, we have developed real time, image-processing techniques for 2-D/3-D frame-to-frame alignment, change detection, camera control, and tracking of independently moving objects in cluttered scenes. The geo-location of video and tracked objects is, estimated by registration of the video to controlled reference imagery, elevation maps, and site models. Finally static, dynamic and reprojected mosaics may be constructed for compression, enhanced visualization, and mapping applications.
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