Distributed target localization using a progressive certainty map in visual sensor networks

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 576-590

  Karakaya, Mahmut ^a   Qi, Hairong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Certainty map; Dynamic itinerary; Target localization

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH EFFICIENCY; BANDWIDTH LIMITATION; CERTAINTY MAP; COMPUTER VISION PROBLEMS; DATA RATES; DETECTION ACCURACY; DIRECTIONAL SENSING; DISTRIBUTED TARGET; DYNAMIC ITINERARIES; DYNAMIC ITINERARY; ENERGY EFFICIENT; FALSE ALARMS; FIELD OF VIEWS; LIGHT WEIGHT; NON-EXISTENCE; ROBUST SOLUTIONS; TARGET LOCALIZATION; UNIQUE FEATURES; VISUAL SENSOR NETWORKS;

CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; SENSOR NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 79951674306     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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