Towards reliable multimodal sensing in aware environments
Scott Stillman, Irfan A. Essa · 2001
A prototype system for implementing a reliable sensor network for large scale smart environments is presented. Most applications within any form of smart environments (rooms, o#ces, homes, etc.) are dependent on reliable who, where, when, and what information of its inhabitants (users). This information can be inferred from di#erent sensors spread throughout the space. However, isolated sensing technologies provide limited information under the varying, dynamic, and long-term scenarios (24/7), that are inherent in applications for intelligent environments. In this paper, we present a prototype system that provides an infrastructure for leveraging the strengths of di#erent sensors and processes used for the interpretation of their collective data. We describe the needs of such systems, propose an architecture to deal with such multi-modal fusion, and discuss the initial set of sensors and processes used to address such needs.