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A novel agent-based sensing-system reconfiguration methodology is proposed for the surveillance of time-varying geometry objects/subjectstargets. The methodology advocates the use of a multi-camera active-vision system for improved performance via the selection of optimal viewpoints along a time horizon – i.e., maximize the visibility of target’s time-varying form as it moves through a cluttered dynamic environment. Extensive simulated experiments have clearly shown the potential performance gains.
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Mackay, M., Benhabib, B. (2008). A Multi-Camera Active-Vision System for Dynamic Form Recognition. In: Elleithy, K. (eds) Innovations and Advanced Techniques in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8735-6_6
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