Smart Telecare Video Monitoring for Anomalous Event Detection

Iván Gómez Conde
Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática (ESEI), Universidad de Vigo
Spain

David Olivieri Cecchi
Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática (ESEI), Universidad de Vigo
Spain

Xosé Antón Vila Sobrino
Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática (ESEI), Universidad de Vigo
Spain

Leandro Rodríguez Liñares
Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática (ESEI), Universidad de Vigo
Spain

Abstract:
Behavior determination and multiple object tracking for video surveillance are two of the most active fields of machine vision. We describe our system, which we are developing for applications in tele-assistance for the elderly, as an early warning monitor for anomalous events. Our system is based upon the computer vision library OpenCV. In this article we describe the algorithms we have developed for tracking multiple people in indoor environments. We also describe a simple histogram based algorithm for descriminating arm movements and body positions.