A Generic Visual Surveillance System

We introduce in this paper a generic software for real-time video surveillance system to support ongoing research in motion detection, tracking and abnormal event recognition. The proposed system is a multi-camera platform that able to connect with different standard of video inputs for many manufacturers. The architecture of our platform is designed in an efficient way for video display, storage, rapidly searching and playback. The algorithms for video analysis can be developed separately from platform as plug-in. In the current version, some classic algorithms are integrated such as motion detection, and tracking method. The storage system for video encoding and management is functionally based on motion events that invoking by motion detector for staring/stopping video encoding. Some preliminary tests of system are performed in real outdoor/indoor situations