Fusion of thermal- and visible-band video for abandoned object detection

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2011-07-01

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Beyan, Cigdem
Yiğit, Ahmet
Temizel, Alptekin

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Timely detection of packages that are left unattended in public spaces is a security concern, and rapid detection is important for prevention of potential threats. Because constant surveillance of such places is challenging and labor intensive, automated abandoned-object-detection systems aiding operators have started to be widely used. In many studies, stationary objects, such as people sitting on a bench, are also detected as suspicious objects due to abandoned items being defined as items newly added to the scene and remained stationary for a predefined time. Therefore, any stationary object results in an alarm causing a high number of false alarms. These false alarms could be prevented by classifying suspicious items as living and nonliving objects. In this study, a system for abandoned object detection that aids operators surveilling indoor environments such as airports, railway or metro stations, is proposed. By analysis of information from a thermal-and visible-band camera, people and the objects left behind can be detected and discriminated as living and nonliving, reducing the false-alarm rate. Experiments demonstrate that using data obtained from a thermal camera in addition to a visible-band camera also increases the true detection rate of abandoned objects. (C) 2011 SPIE and IS&T. [DOI: 10.1117/1.3602204]

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Surveillance

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/31272

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JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC IMAGING

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https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3602204

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C. Beyan, A. Yiğit, and A. Temizel, “Fusion of thermal- and visible-band video for abandoned object detection,” JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC IMAGING, pp. 0–0, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/31272.