NDLI: Information-theoretic active scene exploration

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Sommerlade, E. Reid, I.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Eng. Sci., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford (Sommerlade, E.; Reid, I.)
Abstract	Studies support the need for high resolution imagery to identify persons in surveillance videos. However, the use of telephoto lenses sacrifices a wider field of view and thereby increases the uncertainty of other, possibly more interesting events in the scene. Using zoom lenses offers the possibility of enjoying the benefits of both wide field of view and high resolution, but not simultaneously. We approach this problem of balancing these finite imaging resources - or of exploration vs exploitation - using an information-theoretic approach. We argue that the camera parameters - pan, tilt and zoom - should be set to maximise information gain, or equivalently minimising conditional entropy of the scene model, comprised of multiple targets and a yet unobserved one. The information content of the former is supplied directly by the uncertainties computed using a Kalman filter tracker, while the latter is modelled using a rdquobackgroundrdquo Poisson process whose parameters are learned from extended scene observations; together these yield an entropy for the scene. We support our argument with quantitative and qualitative analyses in simulated and real-world environments, demonstrating that this approach yields sensible exploration behaviours in which the camera alternates between obtaining close-up views of the targets while paying attention to the background, especially to areas of known high activity.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	7
File Size	659299
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424422425
ISSN	10636919
DOI	10.1109/CVPR.2008.4587522
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-06-23
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Layout Lenses Uncertainty Cameras Entropy Image resolution Surveillance Videos High-resolution imaging Target tracking
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Software

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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