Active-vision system for multi-target surveillance

This paper presents a novel agent-based method or the dynamic, coordinated selection and positioning of groups of active-vision cameras for the surveillance of multiple object-of-interests as they travel through a cluttered environment with a priori unknown trajectories. The proposed dispatching algorithm has been tested via simulations and implemented on an experimental prototype setup for automated facial recognition. Both analyses have shown that-the use of dynamic sensors along with an on-line dispatching algorithm,an tangibly improve the performance of a surveillance system.