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JCVLab 1.0
Java Video Surveillance Platform

Concept   JCVLab is a free Video Surveillance Platform. It is based on a Java interface and works with data acquired from a video camera, e.g. a webcam. It performs motion detection for home/office surveillance purposes. As it can be seen in Fig. 1, JCVLab main panel has a "calendar"-like interface for easy scheduling of the intervals of activity of the software. The software is build upon a Change Detection algorithm implemented in C++. For more information on the algorithm please have a look at this page: [Robust and accurate change detection under sudden illumination variations]

fig. 1

How to use JCVLab   First of all, a new camera window should be created and associated with a camera (e.g. a webcam) connected to the pc running the software. Currently, JCVLab handles one camera at a time only. Fig. 2 shows an example of the output of the software in case of an intrusion. The Change Detection algorithm is included within a file called [MF2lib.dll], and it's an implementation of the method described in [1]. By means of a control panel it is at any time possible to reset the background, record a video, take a snapshot, change the options for visualization and the algorithm parameters, stop (or pause) the capture. Moreover, there's a logger agent that records the current status of JCVLab.

fig. 2

Principal Authors Edoardo Sabatini • Federico Tombari • Luigi Di Stefano

References   [1] L. Di Stefano, F. Tombari, S. Mattoccia, E. De Lisi, “Robust and accurate change detection under sudden illumination variations", ACCV'07 Workshop on Multi-dimensional and Multi-view Image Processing, 2007.



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