On the design and implementation of a high definition multi-view intelligent video surveillance system

• Published in: 2012 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication and Computing (ICSPCC) pp. 353 - 357
• Main Authors: Zhang, S., Chan, S. C., Qiu, R. D., Ng, K. T., Hung, Y. S., Lu, W.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.08.2012
• Subjects: AVS; Cameras; GPU; Graphics processing unit; Intelligent video surveillance; IP camera; IP networks; object tracking; Real-time systems; Servers; Streaming media; video analytics; Video surveillance
• DOI: 10.1109/ICSPCC.2012.6335739
• ISBN: 9781467321921; 1467321923

This paper proposes a distributed architecture for high definition (HD) multi-view video surveillance system. It adopts a modular design where multiple intelligent Internet Protocol (IP)-based video surveillance cameras are connected to a local video server. Each server is equipped with storage and optional graphics processing units (GPUs) for supporting high-level video analytics and processing algorithms such as real-time decoding and tracking for the video captured. The servers are connected to the IP network for supporting distributed processing and remote data access. The DSP-based surveillance camera is equipped with real-time algorithms for streaming compressed videos to the server and performing simple video analytics functions. We also developed video analytics algorithms for security monitoring. Both publicly available data set and real video data that are captured under indoor and outdoor scenarios are used to validate our algorithms. Experimental results show that our distributed system can support real-time video applications with high definition resolution.