Luis Bustamante, ÁlvaroMolina, José M.Patricio Guisado, Miguel Ángel2014-02-132014-02-132011Molina, José M. et al. (eds.), 2011. User-Centric Technologies and Applications: Proceedings of the CONTEXTS 2011 Workshop (Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, 94), Springer, pp. 37-45.978-3-642-19907-3 (print)978-3-642-19908-0 (online)1867-5662https://hdl.handle.net/10016/18258Proceedings of: Workshop on User-Centric Technologies and Applications (CONTEXTS 2011)The increasing number of autonomous systems monitoring and controlling visual sensor networks, make it necessary an homogeneous (deviceindependent), flexible (accessible from various places), and efficient (real-time) access to all their underlying video devices. This paper describes an architecture for camera control and video transmission in a distributed system like existing in a cooperative multi-agent video surveillance scenario. The proposed system enables the access to a limited-access resource (video sensors) in an easy, transparent and efficient way both for local and remote processes. It is particularly suitable for Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras in which a remote control is essential.9application/pdfeng© 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin HeidelbergMulti-camera systemsVisual sensor networkVideo transmissionPtz camerasconference paperInformática10.1007/978-3-642-19908-0_5open access3745User-Centric Technologies and Applications: Proceedings of the CONTEXTS 2011 WorkshopCC/0000017336