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Video surveillance of pedestrians and vehicles (Proceedings Paper)

Author(s): Daniel Gutchess; Vitaly Ablavsky; Ashwin Thangali; Stan Sclaroff; Magnús Snorrason
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Acquisition, Tracking, Pointing, and Laser Systems Technologies XXI, Steven L. Chodos; William E. Thompson, Editors, 65690E

Date: 7 May 2007

Paper Abstract

In this paper, we focus on the problem of automated surveillance in a parking lot scenario. We call our research system VANESSA, for Video Analysis for Nighttime Surveillance and Situational Awareness. VANESSA is capable of: 1) detecting moving objects via background modeling and false motion suppression, 2) tracking and classifying pedestrians and vehicles, and 3) detecting events such as person entering or exiting a vehicle. Moving object detection utilizes a multi-stage cascading approach to identify
DOI: 10.1117/12.720075
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