Title :
Monitoring Space Segmentation in Deploying Sensor Arrays
Author :
Miao Peng ; Yang Xiao ; Nanxiang Li ; Xiannuan Liang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Abstract :
This paper explores the segmentation of monitoring space that is generated by binary pyroelectric sensors and reference structure. Each segment in the monitoring space is identified by a state of a family of binary sensors, known as signature. The number and size of the segments are critical to the design and data analysis of a sensor system. Throughout this paper, we convey that the maximum number of signatures may be achieved. Then, we explore a series of bad sensor system deployments where the number of signatures are relatively small or the minimum. The significance of this paper is to provide a guidance to avoid such bad deployment. Finally, we will study the size of segments and present a sensor system deployment where we can control the size of segment, no matter how small it is.
Keywords :
image segmentation; pyroelectric detectors; sensor arrays; binary pyroelectric sensors; reference structure; sensor arrays; space monitoring; space segmentation; Cameras; Modulation; Monitoring; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Signature; binary pyroelectric sensors; reference structure; segmentation;
Journal_Title :
Sensors Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JSEN.2013.2281000