Managing a camera system to serve different video requests

Qiong Liu1, D. Kimber1, L. Wilcox1, M. Cooper1, J. Foote1, J. Boreczky1
1FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA

Tóm tắt

This paper presents a camera system called FlySPEC. In contrast to a traditional camera system that provides the same video stream to every user, FlySPEC can simultaneously serve different video-viewing requests. This flexibility allows users to conveniently participate in a seminar or meeting at their own pace. Meanwhile, the FlySPEC system provides a seamless blend of manual control and automation. With this control mix, users can easily make tradeoffs between video capture effort and video quality. The FlySPEC camera is constructed by installing a set of pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) cameras near a high-resolution panoramic camera. While the panoramic camera provides the basic functionality of serving different viewing requests, the PTZ camera is managed by our algorithm to improve the overall video quality that may affect users watching details. The video resolution improvements from using different camera management strategies are compared in the experimental section.

Từ khóa

#Cameras #Streaming media #Laboratories #Seminars #Human factors #Automation #Automatic control #Quality management #Internet #Computer aided instruction

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