Candela-Storage, Analysis, and Retrieval of Video Content in Distributed Systems: Personal Mobile Multimedia Management

Video management research has largely been ignoring the increased attractiveness of using camera-equipped mobile phones for the production of short home video clips, mostly considering them as additional channels for video consumption. The CANDELA project, which is part of the European ITEA program, focuses on the integration of video content analysis with advanced retrieval, mobile, networked delivery, and distributed storage technologies. In this paper, we present the CANDELA personal mobile multimedia management platform, which implements an end-to-end system for personal video production, retrieval, and consumption utilizing mobile devices and distributed databases.