Objective The WCAM project will study, develop and validate a wireless (WLAN) seamless and secured end-to- end networked audio-visual system focused on the technology convergence between video surveillance and multimedia distribution over the Internet. It will take into account real time aspects as well as security and scalability. The project will improve state of the art technologies in each of the technological components involved in the system and combine them. The WCAM system will be installed and tested with users of both multimedia distribution and video surveillance communities. Recent progresses in flexible bit streams representation of video including Region-of-lnterest (ROI) have led to new standardisation efforts in the frame of JPEG-2000.WCAM will pursue and enforce these works, integrating concerns like wireless, security, and annotations obtained by high-level analysis. WCAM delivery scenario includes both JPEG-2000 and MPEG-4 AVC platforms, which requires also addressing the efficient and seamless transcoding between these two recent standards.The WCAM platform will include the following key modules:- Camera video encoding incorporating scene analysis, object tracking and adaptive and efficient video coding- Automatic detection of events through scene analysis- Scalable access to video content through transcoding and Scalable Video Coding of MPEG- Multimedia storage and distribution- Wireless networking for local connectivity (WLAN)- Security, both at the network and content levels- Metadata driven access to contentThe technologies and systems developed within WCAM will be validated during two trials:- the first trial will take place in Annecy (France) during the festival of animated movies in 2005- the second trial will be done in a video surveillance site and will demonstrate the ability to operate a video surveillance platform on a wireless network. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensorshumanitiesartsmodern and contemporary artcinematographyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technology Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2002-2.3.1.8 - Networked audiovisual systems and home platforms Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator THALES COMMUNICATIONS S.A. EU contribution No data Address 160 BOULEVARD DE VALMY 92700 COLOMBES France See on map Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ADETTI - ASSOCIACAO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DAS TELECOMUNICACOES E TECNICAS DE INFORMATICA Portugal EU contribution No data Address AVENIDA DAS FORCAS ARMADAS - EDIFICIO ISCTE 1600-082 LISBOA See on map Total cost No data CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DU CINEMA D'ANIMATION France EU contribution No data Address 18, AVENUE DES TRESUM 74013 ANNECY See on map Total cost No data ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution No data Address ECUBLENS 1015 LAUSANNE See on map Total cost No data EONA France EU contribution No data Address 4B, AVENUE DU PRE DE CHALLES 74940 ANNECY LE VIEUX See on map Total cost No data MULTITEL Belgium EU contribution No data Address PARC INITIALIS, COPERNIC AVENUE 1 7000 MONS See on map Total cost No data PLATE-FORME UNIVERSITAIRE MULTIM¿IA France EU contribution No data Address UFR ATE 74016 ANNECY CEDEX See on map Total cost No data THALES SECURITY SYSTEMS SA France EU contribution No data Address 18 AV DU MARECHAL JUIN 92360 MEUDON LA FORET See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN Belgium EU contribution No data Address 1 PLACE DE L'UNIVERSITE 1348 LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address SENATE HOUSE, TYNDALL AVENUE BS8 1TH BRISTOL See on map Total cost No data
