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Camera Interoperability

The Camera Interoperability feature demonstrates integration between UCF's camera network and the Co-DETR (Collaborative Detection Transformer) object detection API.

Enabling the Feature​

In the sidebar under Live Observation → UCF, click Camera Interoperability.

What It Does​

Camera Interoperability showcases the ability to:

  • Connect feeds from multiple camera systems into a unified spatial view
  • Pass camera imagery through Co-DETR for real-time object detection (people, vehicles, etc.)
  • Visualize detection results spatially on the Cesium map

API Key​

The Co-DETR API key (codetrApiKey) is loaded from the server's /config endpoint on app startup. It is set via the CODETR_API_KEY environment variable.

const response = await fetch('/config');
const config = await response.json();
// config.codetrApiKey is used for Co-DETR requests

Use Case​

This feature is part of UCF's urban digital twin research into smart city infrastructure — demonstrating how distributed camera systems can be aggregated and processed for situational awareness without requiring a proprietary vendor platform.