Collaborative sensing via local negotiations in ad hoc networks of smart cameras

Authors:
Faisal Z. Qureshi
Affiliations:
University of Ontario, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Venue:
Proceedings of the Fourth ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras
Year:
2010

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Abstract

The paper develops an ad hoc network of active pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) and passive wide field-of-view (FOV) cameras capable of carrying out observation tasks autonomously. The network is assumed to be uncalibrated, lacks a central controller, and relies upon local decision making at each node and inter-node negotiations for its overall behavior. To this end, we develop intelligent camera nodes (both active and passive) that can perform multiple observation tasks simultaneously. We also present a negotiation protocol that allows cameras nodes to setup collaborative tasks in a purely distributed manner. Camera assignments conflicts that invariably arise in such networks are naturally and gracefully handled through at-node processing and inter-node negotiations. We expect the proposed camera network to be highly scalable due to the lack of any centralized control.