Integrated Storage, Analysis and Distribution of Video Content for Intelligent Information Systems

Abstract

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 project 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