{"product_id":"9780080878003","title":"Multi-Camera Networks: Principles and Applications","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first book, by the leading experts, on this rapidly developing field with applications to security, smart homes, multimedia, and environmental monitoring \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComprehensive coverage of fundamentals, algorithms, design methodologies, system implementation issues, architectures, and applications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents in detail the latest developments in multi-camera calibration, active and heterogeneous camera networks, multi-camera object and event detection, tracking, coding, smart camera architecture and middleware\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is the definitive reference in multi-camera networks. It gives clear guidance on the conceptual and implementation issues involved in the design and operation of multi-camera networks, as well as presenting the state-of-the-art in hardware, algorithms and system development. The book is broad in scope, covering smart camera architectures, embedded processing, sensor fusion and middleware, calibration and topology, network-based detection and tracking, and applications in distributed and collaborative methods in camera networks. \u003cstrike\u003e \u003c\/strike\u003e This book will be an ideal reference for university researchers, R\u0026amp;D engineers, computer engineers, and graduate students working in signal and video processing, computer vision, and sensor networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHamid Aghajan\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Electrical Engineering (consulting) at Stanford University. His research is on multi-camera networks for smart environments with application to smart homes, assisted living and well being, meeting rooms, and avatar-based communication and social interactions. He is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, and was general chair of ACM\/IEEE ICDSC 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Cavallaro\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader (Associate Professor) at Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL). His research is on target tracking and audiovisual content analysis for advanced surveillance and multi-sensor systems. He serves as Associate Editor of the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine and the IEEE Trans. on Multimedia, and has been general chair of IEEE AVSS 2007, ACM\/IEEE ICDSC 2009 and BMVC 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe first book, by the leading experts, on this rapidly developing field with applications to security, smart homes, multimedia, and environmental monitoring \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eComprehensive coverage of fundamentals, algorithms, design methodologies, system implementation issues, architectures, and applications\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePresents in detail the latest developments in multi-camera calibration, active and heterogeneous camera networks, multi-camera object and event detection, tracking, coding, smart camera architecture and middleware\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153659543792,"sku":"9780080878003","price":138.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780080878003_p0.jpg?v=1763637863","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780080878003","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}