Crowd Parameter Extraction from Video at the Main Gates of Masjid al-Haram

Al-Khaffaf, Hasan S. M.; Haron, Fazilah; Sarmady, Siamak; Talib, Abdullah Zawawi; Abu-Sulyman, Ibtesam M.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-27552-4_96

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“…The advances in multimedia technologies made it feasible to utilize different modalities and surveillance systems have evolved in recent years in efficiently acquiring, processing and analyze multimedia streams coming from multiple and heterogonous sensors in Hajj events. Multiple works have been proposed in this field such as the works in [1], [8], [15], [16], [2], [14] and [3]. These kinds of systems are often designed to detect abnormal patterns in crowds, incidents and public health issues that are triggered by sensors or field-initiated reporting such as systems in [1] and [8].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The purpose of the work [8] was different since it was focusing on individual's monitoring which included counting and tracking individuals in Hajj sites. The work in [14] has another surveillance purpose which is the extraction of number of parameters such as speed, direction, distance between pedestrians, and the elapsed time taken to reach certain areas. The system was designed for calibrating crowd simulation models that will help in understanding patterns in Hajj crowds.…”

Section: Multimedia Surveillance In Hajjmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…MPEG4 video format supports intellectual property management and protection (IPMP) which is not a key concern in surveillance systems but on the other side it supports lowbandwidth (less than 1.5MBit/sec bitrate) which could work with bad network coverage [29].The work in [14] used CCTV camera video sequences. Multimedia processing of videos acquired from CCTV Video cameras placed at the gates of the main mosque in Mecca was described in [14]. The work in [3] utilized CCD cameras' video sequences which provide videos of relatively high quality for the context of Hajj facilities.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Camera parameters and positioning. The system described in [14] installed the camera sensors at Gate no.1 of al-Masjid al-Haram. It was suggested to position scene cameras for at the gates by directing the lenses to the people entering the gate so that the dimensions are reduced to 2D while still being able to detect the pedestrian parameters such as speed and direction.…”

Section: Technologies In Hajj Surveillancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Multimedia Surveillance in Event Detection: Crowd Analytics in Hajj

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2014

Design, User Experience, and Usability. User Experience Design for Diverse Interaction Platforms and Environments

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Multimedia surveillance systems have evolved in recent years to capture, process and analyze multimedia data coming from heterogeneous sensors in the context of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Hajj. Systems in these contexts are often designed to support decision making, such as responding to alerts triggered by sensors and incidents detected by surveillance systems as well as to provide useful information for monitoring and emergencyresponse teams concerned with health and public safety. Various tools and techniques from different fields such as operations research, computer vision, image and video processing, pattern recognition, and multimedia fusion have contributed to the proliferation of such systems in the context of Hajj. In this paper, a systematic review and synthesis of the representative works that have been done in the field of multimedia surveillance for event detection in Hajj is presented. Observations and reflections on these works are discussed in the context of Hajj rituals' distinctive characteristics, crowd-management challenges, and multimedia issues related to event detection and surveillance systems in Hajj.

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2014

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“…Appendix B) summarizes the Computer Vision Technologies related research work proposed by different researchers during the Hajj events.Al-Khaffaf et al[75] used background modelling and active contours method to analyse the motion of pedestrians that leads to extracting the speed and density of the pedestrians. The proposed method uses videos from the main gates of Masjid Al Haram to extract these parameters.…”

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