A POMDP-based Camera Selection Method

Li Qian, Sun Zheng-Xing, Chen Song-Le

2013

Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of camera selection in multi-camera systems and proposes a novel selection method based on a partially observable Markov decision process model (POMDP). And an innovative evaluation function identifies the most informative of several multi-view video streams by extracting and scoring features related to global motion, attributes of moving objects, and special events such as the appearance of new objects. The experiments show that these proposed visual evaluation criteria successfully measure changes in scenes and our camera selection method effectively reduces camera switching.

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in Harvard Style

Qian L., Zheng-Xing S. and Song-Le C. (2013). A POMDP-based Camera Selection Method . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-47-1, pages 746-751. DOI: 10.5220/0004228907460751


in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp13,
author={Li Qian and Sun Zheng-Xing and Chen Song-Le},
title={A POMDP-based Camera Selection Method },
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={746-751},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004228907460751},
isbn={978-989-8565-47-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)
TI - A POMDP-based Camera Selection Method
SN - 978-989-8565-47-1
AU - Qian L.
AU - Zheng-Xing S.
AU - Song-Le C.
PY - 2013
SP - 746
EP - 751
DO - 10.5220/0004228907460751