Coverage optimization of camera network for continuous deformable object

作者：Li, Chang; Chen, Xi^*; Chai, Li

来源：Mechatronics, 2023, 95: 103037.

DOI：10.1016/j.mechatronics.2023.103037

• Camera network deployment
• Visual coverage
• Deformable object
• Wolf pack algorithm

In this paper, a deformable object is considered for camera network deployment with the aim of visual coverage. The object contour is discretized into sampled points as meshes, and the deformation is represented by continuous trajectories for the sampled points. To reduce the computational complexity, some feature points are carefully selected to represent the continuous deformation process. The visual coverage for the deformable object is transferred to cover the specific feature points. In particular, the vertexes of a rectangle that encloses the entire deformation trajectory of every sampled point on the object contour are chosen as the feature points. An improved wolf pack algorithm is then proposed to solve the optimization problem. Finally, both simulation and experimental results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed deployment method of camera network.

• 单位
  浙江大学