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Estimation of Density Levels in the Holy Mosque from a Network of Cameras

In: Traffic and Granular Flow '15

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  • Yasir S. Ali

    (Umm Al-Qura University, Science and Technology Unit)

  • Basim Zafar

    (Umm Al-Qura University, Electrical Engineering Department)

  • Mohammed Simsim

    (Ministry of Hajj)

Abstract

In this work we developed a systemAli, Yasir S. for estimating the density levelsZafar, Basim in the holy mosque of Makkah using video camerasSimsim, Mohammed installed in the mosque. This set-up relies on dividing the image into smaller segments and counting the number of people in each segment to infer the density. This algorithm used texture and SIFT interest point features to get an accurate count of the number of people at each segment using support vector regression. Having segments at different sizes helped to account for objects with different size in the image. In addition, the use of overlapping segment smooth the estimated density maps as each pixel receive a contribution from different patches. Our methodology has been tested extensively with different cameras during the Fasting season of 2015 with images from very crowded areas in the mosque.

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  • Yasir S. Ali & Basim Zafar & Mohammed Simsim, 2016. "Estimation of Density Levels in the Holy Mosque from a Network of Cameras," Springer Books, in: Victor L. Knoop & Winnie Daamen (ed.), Traffic and Granular Flow '15, pages 27-34, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-33482-0_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33482-0_4
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