SensEye: a multi-tier camera sensor network

This paper argues that a camera sensor network containing heterogeneous elements provides numerous benefits over traditional homogeneous sensor networks. We present the design and implementation of SensEye–a multi-tier network of heterogeneous wireless nodes and cameras. To demonstrate its benefits, we implement a surveillance application using SensEye comprising three tasks: object detection, recognition and tracking. We propose novel mechanisms for low-power low-latency detection, low-latency wakeups, efficient recognition and tracking. Our techniques show that a multitier sensor network can reconcile the traditionally conflicting systems goals of latency and energy-efficiency. An experimental evaluation of our prototype shows that, when compared to a single-tier prototype, our multi-tier SensEye can achieve an order of magnitude reduction in energy usage while providing comparable surveillance accuracy. Categories and Subject Descriptors C.2.1 [Computer-Communication Network...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: MM
• Authors: Purushottam Kulkarni, Deepak Ganesan, Prashant J. Shenoy, Qifeng Lu
• Keywords: Camera Sensor Network, Camera Sensors, MM 2005, Sensor Networks