Decentralized camera network control using game theory

This paper deals with the problem of decentralized, cooperative control of a camera network. We focus on applications where events unfold over a large geographic area and need to be analyzed by multiple cameras or other kinds of imaging sensors. There is no central unit accumulating and analyzing all the data. The overall goal is to keep track of all objects (i.e., targets) in the region of deployment of the cameras, while selectively focusing at a high resolution on some particular target features based on application requirements. Efficient usage of resources in such a scenario requires that the cameras be active. However, this control cannot be based on separate analysis of the sensed video in each camera. They must act collaboratively to be able to acquire multiple targets at different resolutions. Our research focuses on developing accurate and efficient target acquisition and camera control algorithms in such scenarios using game theory. We show simulated experimental results of the approach.