Wireless multimedia sensor networks on reconfigurable hardware: Information reduction techniques

Li-Minn Ang; Kah Phooi Seng; L W Chew; Lee Seng Yeong; Wai Chong Chia

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38203-1

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Wireless multimedia sensor networks on reconfigurable hardware: Information reduction techniques

Li-Minn Ang, Kah Phooi Seng, L W Chew, Lee Seng Yeong and Wai Chong Chia

Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38203-1

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Abstract

field-programmable gate array (FPGA)

hardware architectures

information reduction

multimedia

reconfigurable hardware

sensor networks

visual information processing

wireless multimedia sensor networks

computer vision

electrical and electronic engineering

computer engineering and networks

multimedia information systems

Traditional wireless sensor networks (WSNs) capture scalar data such as temperature, vibration, pressure, or humidity. Motivated by the success of WSNs and also with the emergence of new technology in the form of low-cost image sensors, researchers have proposed combining image and audio sensors with WSNs to form wireless multimedia sensor networks (WMSNs). This introduces practical and research challenges, because multimedia sensors, particularly image sensors, generate huge amounts of data to be processed and distributed within the network, while sensor nodes have restricted battery power and hardware resources. This book describes how reconfigurable hardware technologies such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) offer cost-effective, flexible platforms for implementing WMSNs, with a main focus on developing efficient algorithms and architectures for information reduction, including event detection, event compression, and multicamera processing for hardware implementations. The authors include a comprehensive review of wireless multimedia sensor networks, a complete specification of a very low-complexity, low-memory FPGA WMSN node processor, and several case studies that illustrate information reduction algorithms for visual event compression, detection, and fusion. The book will be of interest to academic researchers, R&D engineers, and computer science and engineering graduate students engaged with signal and video processing, computer vision, embedded systems, and sensor networks.

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Title: Wireless multimedia sensor networks on reconfigurable hardware: Information reduction techniques
Authors: Li-Minn Ang (Author) - Edith Cowan University
Kah Phooi Seng (Author) - Edith Cowan University
L W Chew (Author) - Intel Corporation (Penang, Malaysia)
Lee Seng Yeong (Author) - Sunway University
Wai Chong Chia (Author) - Sunway University
Publication details: 283 pages
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Date published: 2013
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38203-1
ISBN: 9783642382024; 9783662513569; 9783642382031
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Engage Research Lab
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99513804402621
Output Type: Book

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