Rapidly Deployable Video Analysis Sensor units for wide area surveillance

Zeeshan Rasheed, Geoffrey Taylor, Li Yu, M. Lee, T. Choe, Feng Guo, Asaad Hakeem, Krishnan Ramnath, M. Smith, Atul Kanaujia, D. Eubanks, Niels Haering

Abstract: This paper presents an overview of self-contained automated video analytics units that are man-portable and constitute nodes of a large-scale distributed sensor network. The paper highlights issues with traditional video surveillance systems in volatile environments such as a battle field and provides solutions to them in the form of Rapidly Deployable Video Analysis sensors. We discuss scientific and engineering aspects of the system and present the outcome of a field deployment in an exercise conducted by the Office of Naval Research.