Evaluation of smart video for transit event detection
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2009
Subject Area
planning - personal safety/crime, planning - terrorism, economics - appraisal/evaluation, literature review - literature review
Keywords
Anomaly detection, Crimes, Digital video, Florida, Literature reviews, Public transit, Security, State of the art, Surveillance, Terrorism, video analytics video cameras
Abstract
Transit agencies are increasingly using video cameras to fight crime and terrorism. As the volume of video data increases, the existing digital video surveillance systems provide the infrastructure only to capture, store and distribute video, while leaving the task of threat detection exclusively to human operators. The objective of this research project was to study and develop an evaluation framework for commercial video analytics systems. A state-of-the-art research literature survey was conducted. Identified strengths, weaknesses, future directions of research and state-of-the-art commercial video analytics products were surveyed. Product capabilities were identified by working together with vendors and analyzing the available literature offered by the providers. Use of analytic technology in transit agencies in Florida was analyzed. A technology survey among the largest agencies in the state indicates very low use of video analytics, significant skepticism, and poor general knowledge of the technology and its capabilities. Based on existing general evaluation frameworks, an evaluation framework for video analytics technology was developed, including annotation guidelines, scoring metrics, and implementation of the scoring metrics in the scoring software.
Recommended Citation
Goldgof, D.B., Sapper, D., Candamo, J., & Shreve, M. (2009). Evaluation of Smart Video for Transit Event Detection/ Report No. 2117-7807-00 prepared by National Center for Transit Research, for Florida Department of Transportation and Research and Innovative Technology Administration.
