CANDELA – INTEGRATED STORAGE, ANALYSIS AND DISTRIBUTION OF VIDEO CONTENT FOR INTELLIGENT I.pdfVIP

CANDELA – INTEGRATED STORAGE, ANALYSIS AND DISTRIBUTION OF VIDEO CONTENT FOR INTELLIGENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1 2 1 1 P. MERKUS , X. DESURMONT , E.G.T JASPERS , R.G.J. WIJNHOVEN , 3 2 4 O. CAIGNART , J-F DELAIGLE , AND W. FAVOREEL 1Bosch Security Systems 2Multitel† Eindhoven, The Netherlands Mons, Belgium 3IT-Op tics 4 Traf icon Mons, Belgium Bissegem, Belgium The introduction of digital video has lead to a wide range of new video applications, including storage for information systems. Even though interactivity enables browsing and instant playback for such systems, the high information density and the large amounts of data result in cumbersome searching to find the information of interest. To solve this problem, the CANDELA proj ect explores the combination of video content analysis, storage and retrieval for distributed systems. The concept of generating high-level content descriptions spans a wide range of new application. In this paper we elaborate on some parts by using the surveillance application as a pilot. 1. Introduction Although many different types of technologies for information systems have evolved over the last decades (such as databases, video systems, the Internet and mobile telecommunication), the integration of these technologies is j ust in its infancy and has the potential to introduce “intelligent” systems. The CANDELA proj ect, whic