Automatic control of PTZ camera based on object detection and scene partition

PTZ camera has been widely applied to various video surveillance systems. Focusing on controlling the PTZ camera automatically, a rapid controlling method based on object detection and scene partition is presented in this paper. Firstly, we used the Gaussian mixed model for the detection and localization of object. Combining with the position information of the object which has already obtained, an automatic control method of the PTZ camera is performed through the effective scene partition and the preset function provided by camera. We carry out the experiments in the actual scene of pedestrians. Experimental results show that this method is feasible, automatic and simple.