Video Synopsis: Efficient Surveillance Video Summarization

Explore video synopsis techniques for efficiently summarizing surveillance footage in this 54-minute lecture by Professor Shmuel Peleg from the University of Central Florida. Learn how to condense hours of video into minutes by altering object display times, creating a denser visual summary while maintaining key information. Discover the complementary nature of video synopsis to automatic video understanding methods, and understand its applications in browsing and analyzing large volumes of surveillance data. Delve into topics such as dynamic mosaics, object-based summaries, panoramic synopsis, and time-lapse backgrounds. Examine real-world examples, including monitoring a coffee station and analyzing passage footage, to grasp the practical implications of this technology. Gain insights from Peleg's extensive experience in computer vision and image processing, and understand how video synopsis can revolutionize the way we handle and interpret surveillance video.

Intro
Detective Series: "Elementary"
Handling Surveillance Video Video Understanding
Dynamic Mosaics
Generate Output Video Sweeping a "Time Front" surface
Example: Racing Video
Related Work (Video Summary)
Object Based Video Summary
How does Video Synopsis work?
Steps in Video Synopsis
How Does Video Synopsis works
Example: Monitoring a Coffee Station
Panoramic Synopsis
Time-Lapse Background
Stitching the Synopsis
Examples
Appearance (Shape) Distance Between Objects
Passage - Original
Passage - Synopsis
Passage - Fast to Slow
Passage - Reds
Passage - Similar to...