Definition:In multimedia sensor networks the multimodal sensors collect multimedia information including images, video and audio.
Sensor networks are comprised of low-cost unattended groups of densely placed sensor “nodes” that locally observe, communicate (often using wireless means), and coordinate to collectively achieve high-level inference and actuation tasks. The nodes are distributed in a physical region, often containing a specific phenomenon of interest, which is to be monitored and possibly controlled. When the sensor nodes collect diverse types of information such as temperature, humidity, acoustic and visual data simultaneously, they are termed “multimodal sensors.” Multiples types of sensing can occur within the same node through the use of distinct sensing technologies or across different nodes each having a single, but distinct sensor type. If the multimodal sensors collect multimedia information such as digital images, video and audio, they form a multimedia sensor...
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Kundur, D., Luh, W. (2006). Multimedia Sensor Networks. In: Furht, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Multimedia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30038-4_163
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