Distributed Embedded Smart Cameras Architectures, Design and Applica

This publication addresses distributed embedded smart cameras –cameras that perform onboard analysis and collaborate with other cameras. This book provides the material required to better understand the architectural design challenges of embedded smart ca

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Distributed Embedded Smart Cameras Architectures, Design and Applications

Distributed Embedded Smart Cameras

Christophe Bobda Senem Velipasalar •

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Distributed Embedded Smart Cameras Architectures, Design and Applications

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Editors Christophe Bobda University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR USA

Senem Velipasalar Syracuse University Syracuse, NY USA

ISBN 978-1-4614-7704-4 ISBN 978-1-4614-7705-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-7705-1 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London

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Preface

Driven by technological improvements, the noninvasive nature of cameras, affordable prices, security concerns, and federal government grants to aid fighting terrorism, camera utilization has become an integral component of our daily lives. Cameras are pervasively used for surveillance and monitoring applications such as traffic monitoring, monitoring commercial vehicles, and surveillance at schools and parks. Current video surveillance systems operate in Close-Circuit Television (CCTV), where data collected by camera are analyzed by operator or stored on a central server for further processing. While capabilities of video-pro