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Gong, Yibo. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-108). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.ii / Acknowledgement --- p.v / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation and Objective --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Contributions --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Embedded fire detection platform --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Extended CAMSHIFT object detection frame work --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Cooperative multiple camera module --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Aerial maritime survivor detection system --- p.9 / Chapter 1.3 --- Organization of this thesis --- p.9 / Chapter 2 --- Background Study --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- Embedded computer vision --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Visual Fire detection --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- Color-based object detection and tracking --- p.15 / Chapter 2.4 --- Multiple-camera system cooperation --- p.16 / Chapter 2.5 --- Multiple-camera system calibration --- p.18 / Chapter 3 --- Overview of the embedded fire detection system --- p.22 / Chapter 3.1 --- Functional modules of the detection unit --- p.25 / Chapter 3.2 --- Dataflow within the detection unit --- p.28 / Chapter 4 --- Simulated annealing based MEAN SHIFT framework --- p.31 / Chapter 4.1 --- Simulated annealing framework --- p.33 / Chapter 4.2 --- Combination of simulated annealing with MEAN SHIFT --- p.37 / Chapter 5 --- Extended CAMSHIFT framework for fire detection --- p.42 / Chapter 5.1 --- Bidirectional color histogram training and backprojection --- p.43 / Chapter 5.2 --- Choice of properly sized fire window --- p.48 / Chapter 5.3 --- Alternative optimization based search window resizing --- p.49 / Chapter 5.4 --- Multiple modal particle filter based window size optimization --- p.53 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Multiple modal particle filter --- p.53 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Integration of the MMPF with CAMSHIFT framework --- p.57 / Chapter 5.5 --- fire monitoring --- p.63 / Chapter 6 --- The multiple camera module --- p.65 / Chapter 6.1 --- Calibration of the multi-camera system --- p.66 / Chapter 6.2 --- Region mapping and cooperation among the cameras --- p.69 / Chapter 7 --- Implementation and Experiments --- p.71 / Chapter 7.1 --- Implementation --- p.71 / Chapter 7.2 --- Experiments and performance evaluations --- p.74 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Bidirectional histogram training and backprojection --- p.76 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Performance of the hybrid Simulated annealing-Mean shift framework --- p.78 / Chapter 7.2.3 --- Alternative optimization based search window resizing for CAMSHIFT --- p.84 / Chapter 7.2.4 --- Multiple modal particle filter based search window resizing for CAMSHIFT --- p.87 / Chapter 7.2.5 --- Real-scenario test on the arm system --- p.94 / Chapter 7.2.6 --- Comparison of the two search window resizing mechanisms --- p.96 / Chapter 7.2.7 --- Accuracy of the multiple camera calibration method --- p.97 / Chapter 8 --- Extension to aerial maritime survivor search --- p.99 / Chapter 8.1 --- Introduction --- p.99 / Chapter 8.2 --- Implementation and experiment results --- p.102 / Chapter 9 --- Conclusion --- p.105 / Chapter 9.1 --- Contribution and summary of the work --- p.105 / Chapter 9.2 --- Future work --- p.107 / Bibliography --- p.109