RR:MACNet: Mobile Ad-hoc Camera Networks

RR:MACNet：移动自组摄像机网络

• 批准号: 0423891
• 负责人: Jianbo Shi
• 金额: $ 19.86万
• 依托单位: University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-15 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0423891&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RR; MACNet; Mobile; Ad; hoc

This project, developing an experimental testbed to work on different aspects of control and sensing for mobile networks of cameras and microphones, envisions a system of cameras, MACNet, moving in three dimensions enabling a Mobile Ad Hoc Camera Network. The development of this testbed provides the experimental infrastructure for the following interdisciplinary projects: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Assessment for Geriatric Health Care, Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities, Digital Anthropology, and Visual Servoing for Coordinating Aerial and Ground Robots.MACNet cameras will be used to track patients and salient dynamic features for the 1st project. MACNet will simulate intelligent homes and museums with active cameras providing feedback to smart wheelchairs and providing information about target areas in the 2nd Project. MACNet will allow datasets of video to be acquired and analyzed for three-dimensional reconstruction and archiving in the 3rdProject; and for the last project, MACNet will provide dynamic platforms with cameras which will simulate aerial vehicles to track, localize, and coordinate with existing ground based autonomous vehicles with applications to surveillance and monitoring for homeland security. Finally, MACNet will be used as a testbed for research on distributed active vision, a theme that will bring together all researchers.Broader Impact: The results will be directly applicable to a large class of problems in which communication, control, and sensing are coupled, with applications in smart homes, communities for assistive living, and surveillance and monitoring of homeland security. This cross-fertilization will contribute to train students with broader perspectives and potential new approaches to problem solving. The lab will be used by students and the institutions will leverage existing outreach programs in which both faculty and students participate, such as Robotics for Girls and PRIME.

该项目开发了一个实验测试台，用于研究摄像机和麦克风移动网络的控制和传感的不同方面，设想了一个摄像机系统 MACNet，可在三个维度上移动，从而实现移动自组摄像机网络。该测试平台的开发为以下跨学科项目提供了实验基础设施：老年保健的监测、评估和评估、残疾人辅助技术、数字人类学以及协调空中和地面机器人的视觉伺服。第一个项目将使用 MACNet 相机跟踪患者和显着动态特征。 MACNet 将使用主动摄像头模拟智能家居和博物馆，为智能轮椅提供反馈，并提供有关第二个项目中目标区域的信息。 MACNet 将允许获取和分析视频数据集，以便在 3rdProject 中进行三维重建和存档；对于最后一个项目，MACNet 将提供带有摄像头的动态平台，该平台将模拟飞行器来跟踪、定位和协调现有的地面自动驾驶车辆，并应用于国土安全的监视和监控。最后，MACNet 将被用作分布式主动视觉研究的测试平台，这一主题将汇集所有研究人员。 更广泛的影响：结果将直接适用于通信、控制和传感耦合的一大类问题，以及智能家居、辅助生活社区以及国土安全监视和监测中的应用。这种交叉融合将有助于培养具有更广阔视野和解决问题的潜在新方法的学生。该实验室将供学生使用，各机构将利用教师和学生共同参与的现有推广计划，例如 Robotics for Girls 和 PRIME。