Author(s)

Abul K. M. Azad^1*, Mohammed Misbahuddin²

¹Department of Technology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA.
²Department of Electrical Engineering (Graduate Student), Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA.

The paper presents a web based vision system using a networked IP camera for tracking objects of interest. Three critical issues are addressed in this paper. First is the detection of moving objects in the foreground; second is the control of pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) IP cameras based on object location; and third is the collaboration of multiple cameras over the network to track objects of interests independently. The developed system utilized a network of PTZ cameras along with a number of software tools for this implementation. The system was able to track a single and multiple objects successfully. The difficulties in the detection of moving objects are also analyzed while multiple cameras are collaborating over a network utilizing PTZ cameras.

Internet Protocol Camera, Networked Camera, Vision Tracking, Tracking Handover, Image Processing, Collaborated Tracking

Azad, A. and Misbahuddin, M. (2018) Web-Based Object Tracking Using Collaborated Camera Network. Advances in Internet of Things, 8, 13-25. doi: 10.4236/ait.2018.82002.