Title :
A televiewing system for multiple simultaneous customized perspectives and resolutions
Author :
Hall, Brett ; Huang, Kohsia ; Trivedi, Mohan
Author_Institution :
Comput. Vision & Robotics Res. Lab., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Recent innovations in real-time machine vision, distributed computing, software architectures and high-speed communication are expanding the available technology for intelligent system development. These technologies allow the realization of intelligent systems that provide the capabilities for a user to experience events from remote locations in an interactive way. In this paper, we describe research aimed at the realization of a powerful televiewing system applied to the traffic incident detection and monitoring needs of today´s highways. Sensor clusters utilizing both rectilinear and omni-directional cameras provide an interactive, real-time, multi-resolution televiewing interface to emergency response crews. Ultimately, this system will have a direct impact on reducing incident-related highway congestion by improving the quality of information to which emergency personnel have access
Keywords :
computer vision; distributed processing; emergency services; image resolution; monitoring; real-time systems; remote consoles; road traffic; software architecture; traffic engineering computing; video cameras; virtual reality; visual communication; distributed computing; emergency personnel; emergency response crews; high-speed communication; human-computer interface; incident-related highway congestion; information access; information quality; intelligent systems; interactive real-time multi-resolution interface; interactive user experience; multiple simultaneous customized perspectives; multiple simultaneous customized resolutions; omnidirectional cameras; real-time machine vision; rectilinear cameras; remote locations; sensor clusters; software architectures; televiewing system; traffic incident detection; traffic monitoring; Distributed computing; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent systems; Machine intelligence; Machine vision; Real time systems; Remote monitoring; Road transportation; Software architecture; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Oakland, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7194-1
DOI :
10.1109/ITSC.2001.948738
