A fire and flame detecting method based on video

The paper proposes a novel method to detect fire and flame by processing the video data captured by an ordinary camera monitoring an open scene, which combined fire flicker and color clues to reach a final decision. First the image difference method and color analysis technique based on the HSI color model are applied to extract the fire-like moving region between two consecutive frames. Then the spectrum of the fire-like region flickering could be got by the Discrete Fourier Transform of the fire-like moving region sequence. Finally, a simple method is devised to estimate the fire alarm grade so that users could be informed with a proper alarm. Experimental results show that the fire detecting algorithm is fast, effective, and robust.