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Detection of dominant flow and abnormal events in surveillance video

A journal article describing methods to identify primary motion patterns and unusual events in surveillance video; publisher listed as SPIE. The source metadata indicates this content type is a journal article published on 2011-02-01.

Illustrative image: An Axis-brand panorama-style surveillance camera mounted on an outside wall of Köln Messe/Deutz station. The camera has a radial design, under a dark transparent Torus, several cameras are arranged, providing a wide field of view of roughly 180°. — Holzklöppel/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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The paper presents techniques relevant to automated analysis of surveillance video.

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Detection of dominant flow and abnormal events in surveillance video

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