skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: On the Development of a Digital Video Motion Detection Test Set

Abstract

This paper describes the current effort to develop a standardized data set, or suite of digital video sequences, that can be used for test and evaluation of digital video motion detectors (VMDS) for exterior applications. We have drawn from an extensive video database of typical application scenarios to assemble a comprehensive data set. These data, some existing for many years on analog videotape, have been converted to a reproducible digital format and edited to generate test sequences several minutes long for many scenarios. Sequences include non- alarm video, intrusions and nuisance alarm sources, taken with a variety of imaging sensors including monochrome CCD cameras and infrared (thermal) imaging cameras, under a variety of daytime and nighttime conditions. The paper presents an analysis of the variables and estimates the complexity of a thorough data set. Some of this video data test has been digitized for CD-ROM storage and playback. We are considering developing a DVD disk for possible use in screening and testing VMDs prior to government testing and deployment. In addition, this digital video data may be used by VMD developers for fhrther refinement or customization of their product to meet specific requirements. These application scenarios may also be usedmore » to define the testing parameters for futore procurement qualification. A personal computer may be used to play back either the CD-ROM or the DVD video data. A consumer electronics-style DVD player may be used to replay the DVD disk. This paper also discusses various aspects of digital video storage including formats, resolution, CD-ROM and DVD storage capacity, formats, editing and playback.« less

Authors:
;
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
7456
Report Number(s):
SAND99-0410C
ON: DE00007456
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1999 IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology; Madrid, Spain; 10/06-08/1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; Motion Detection Systems; Digital Systems; Video Tapes; Testing

Citation Formats

Pritchard, Daniel A, and Vigil, Jose T. On the Development of a Digital Video Motion Detection Test Set. United States: N. p., 1999. Web.
Pritchard, Daniel A, & Vigil, Jose T. On the Development of a Digital Video Motion Detection Test Set. United States.
Pritchard, Daniel A, and Vigil, Jose T. 1999. "On the Development of a Digital Video Motion Detection Test Set". United States.
@article{osti_7456,
title = {On the Development of a Digital Video Motion Detection Test Set},
author = {Pritchard, Daniel A and Vigil, Jose T},
abstractNote = {This paper describes the current effort to develop a standardized data set, or suite of digital video sequences, that can be used for test and evaluation of digital video motion detectors (VMDS) for exterior applications. We have drawn from an extensive video database of typical application scenarios to assemble a comprehensive data set. These data, some existing for many years on analog videotape, have been converted to a reproducible digital format and edited to generate test sequences several minutes long for many scenarios. Sequences include non- alarm video, intrusions and nuisance alarm sources, taken with a variety of imaging sensors including monochrome CCD cameras and infrared (thermal) imaging cameras, under a variety of daytime and nighttime conditions. The paper presents an analysis of the variables and estimates the complexity of a thorough data set. Some of this video data test has been digitized for CD-ROM storage and playback. We are considering developing a DVD disk for possible use in screening and testing VMDs prior to government testing and deployment. In addition, this digital video data may be used by VMD developers for fhrther refinement or customization of their product to meet specific requirements. These application scenarios may also be used to define the testing parameters for futore procurement qualification. A personal computer may be used to play back either the CD-ROM or the DVD video data. A consumer electronics-style DVD player may be used to replay the DVD disk. This paper also discusses various aspects of digital video storage including formats, resolution, CD-ROM and DVD storage capacity, formats, editing and playback.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7456}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 1999},
month = {Mon Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 1999}
}

Conference:
Other availability
Please see Document Availability for additional information on obtaining the full-text document. Library patrons may search WorldCat to identify libraries that hold this conference proceeding.

Save / Share: