Surveillance Cameras

What are IT engineers thinking about surveillance cameras?
Camera surveillance in the streets may not be as efficient as they could be, due to the fact they have to cover large and complex areas. Because of this, IT engineers have proposed an alternative mobile robot option, which is expected to lower costs. They also mention the impacts this technology would have on crime investigations and crime deterrence.
"...we propose a method for determining the traveling route of a mobile surveillance camera. Our method is based on mixed integer linear programming and obtains an optimum traveling route such that a camera with a certain visual angle and visual distance can observe the entire region at the shortest intervals. Through our experiments, we apply this method to several artificially generated data and data for a real university campus and demonstrate that effective patrol courses for specified mobile surveillance cameras can be generated." (Tomioka, Takara & Kitazawa, 2012, p. 216-224)

An essay theme could be, Crime Prevention: Mobile Surveillance Shaping the Future.
Tomioka, Y. Takara, A. Kitazawa, H. (2012). Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology.Generation of an Optimum Patrol Course for Mobile Surveillance Camera, 22(2), 216-224.

Pratishtha, G. Prof, G. Purohit, Amrita, D. (2013). International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology. Crime Prevention through Alternate Route Finding In Traffic Surveillance Using CCTV Cameras, 5(2), 414-418.

Stutzer. Alois and Zehnder. Michael. (2013). Defence and peace economics. Is camera surveillance an effective measure of counterterrorism?, 24(1), 1-14.