Surveillance Systems for Urban Crisis Management

• We present a concept for combing 3D models and multiple heterogeneous sensors into a surveillance system enabling superior situation awareness. The concept has many military as well as civilian applications. A key issue is the use of a 3D environment model of the area to be surveyed, typically an urban area. In addition to the 3D model, the area of interest is monitored over time using multiple heterogeneous sensors, such as optical, acoustic, and/or seismic sensors. Data and analysis results from the sensors are visualized in the 3D model, thus putting them in a common reference frame and making their spatial and temporal relations obvious. The result is highlighted by an example where data from different sensor systems is integrated in a 3D model of a Swedish urban area.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Datorseende och robotik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Computer Vision and Robotics (hsv//eng)

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