Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems: An Overview with Applications in Engineering and Sciences
T. P. Kamatchi, K. Anitha Kumari · Apple Academic Press eBooks · 2023
Over the years, the entire world is changing rapidly into a technological world. One of the most promising technologies is the intelligent sensor technology which is now available anywhere and everywhere. The intelligent sensor node (ISN)-based system empowers intellectual surroundings, which in turn offer better services in various public or private sectors such as the military, health sector, home automation, commercial sector, agriculture, spacecraft, aircraft, smart grid, etc. The major challenge is to keep up the environment very smart and ease-of the accessibility of the services as well. To provide a better solution, sensor technology can be implemented in the required and critical sectors. Sensors are very tiny, affordable, and intelligent in sensing the data from various regions even humans cannot reach out to. Raw sensory data provided by the sensors are transformed into useful information for further processing. Remote sensor systems are intended to gather data by methods for a huge number of vitalities restricted to battery sensor hubs. Hence, it is imperative to limit the 2vitality devoured by every sensor to broaden the system’s life. The objective of this work is to structure an intelligent sensor node-based system that gathers data. However, such data could reasonably be expected to be processed wisely. Three important phases in intelligent sensor technology are equipping the sensors in the critical/required areas, sensing the data, and transforming the sensory data into useful information for the end-user. Most of the critical regions like nuclear power plants, the military sector, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), health monitoring, and agriculture require intelligent technology in this fast-growing environment. Hence, this technology is considered a key to every sector.