Abstract
This paper presents a multi-camera surveillance system that detects and tracks a moving object in indoor and out-door environments. Since each camera has specific field of view (FOV), the problem is how to keep track of the object when it is out of the FOV of a camera. The system uses landmarks to coordinate the tracking tasks among the cameras. In this work we proposed and developed an algorithm to switch from one camera to another, according to the current location of the object of interest. The algorithm attempts to switch to the nearest camera which can observe the object of interest. Experimental test results showed that the system can coordinate the camera activities and track objects of interest as they move in the monitored area.