TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring energy-efficient human probes for high-fidelity sensing in urban environments
AU - Thepvilojanapong, Niwat
AU - Konomi, Shin'ichi
AU - Yura, Jun'ichi
AU - Iwamoto, Takeshi
AU - Pirttikangas, Susanna
AU - Ishida, Yasuyuki
AU - Iwai, Masayuki
AU - Tobe, Yoshito
AU - Yokoyama, Hiroyuki
AU - Nakazawa, Jin
AU - Tokuda, Hideyuki
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - Portable sensory devices carried by humans-which are referred to as Human Probes-facilitate easy-to-use sensing and monitoring of urban areas. However, when each Human Probe individually senses and transmits information, the sensing activity is inefficient in terms of energy consumption. In this paper, we propose an Architecture of Quality-enhanced Urban Information Blending and Aggregation (Aquiba), in which the sensing activities carried out by the Human Probes are adjusted autonomously under different conditions. Aquiba involves cooperative sensing that helps in achieving high-fidelity sensing while minimizing overall energy consumption. To demonstrate the validity of cooperative sensing, we implemented a prototype device by using a commercial off-the-shelf mobile phone and conducted a field experiment. The experimental results show that Aquiba is capable of providing high-fidelity sensing and reducing energy consumption efficiently.
AB - Portable sensory devices carried by humans-which are referred to as Human Probes-facilitate easy-to-use sensing and monitoring of urban areas. However, when each Human Probe individually senses and transmits information, the sensing activity is inefficient in terms of energy consumption. In this paper, we propose an Architecture of Quality-enhanced Urban Information Blending and Aggregation (Aquiba), in which the sensing activities carried out by the Human Probes are adjusted autonomously under different conditions. Aquiba involves cooperative sensing that helps in achieving high-fidelity sensing while minimizing overall energy consumption. To demonstrate the validity of cooperative sensing, we implemented a prototype device by using a commercial off-the-shelf mobile phone and conducted a field experiment. The experimental results show that Aquiba is capable of providing high-fidelity sensing and reducing energy consumption efficiently.
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U2 - 10.1109/ISSNIP.2009.5416747
DO - 10.1109/ISSNIP.2009.5416747
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950919455
SN - 9781424435180
T3 - ISSNIP 2009 - Proceedings of 2009 5th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing
SP - 61
EP - 66
BT - ISSNIP 2009 - Proceedings of 2009 5th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing
T2 - 2009 5th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, ISSNIP 2009
Y2 - 7 December 2009 through 10 December 2009
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