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Profile: Intelligent monitoring systems based on sensor networks with defence, security and domotics applications - 2010-0637

Input date:	Tuesday, February 16, 2010	Last update:	Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Deadline:	Saturday, January 01, 2011
Type of profile:	TO
Title:	Intelligent monitoring systems based on sensor networks with defence, security and domotics applications
Abstract:	A Spanish research group offers the expertise of its members in the development of monitoring systems based on sensor networks. The main advantages of this technology are the decreased cost, the time saved and the increased reliability of the results. Technical cooperation for the research and development with internal and external funding is sought.
Description:	Sensor networks, with which the group has a wide working experience, allow the acquisition of multimedia data using a set of different sensors: acoustic, visual (i.e. video cameras), temperature, humidity, pressure, movement, speed, etc. In wide area networks this sensors are usually wireless, small, cheap, and have a low energy-consumption and limited processing capacity. In closed areas they can be wireless or wired, bigger, more sophisticated and expensive, have a greater processing power, and not be limited by energy-consumption. Of course, there are many networks where multiple low-cost wireless sensors are combined with a few more expensive wired ones. The number of sensors can also vary a lot: from a few to hundreds or even thousands. Given the flexibility of sensor networks, they have a huge range of applications: • Military: reconnaissance of terrain or opposing forces, monitoring friendly forces, early detection of chemical or biological attacks, battlefield damage assessment, etc. • Environmental: tracking the movement of animals (e.g. birds), forest fire detection, flood detection and prevention, intelligent irrigation systems, etc. • Domotics: home automation for the creation of an intelligent home. • Security: automatic intruder detection and tracking, monitoring dependent patients, intelligent access systems, etc. • Tracking: of vehicles and pedestrians for location, navigation, steering, etc. • Other commercial applications: remote inventory management, interactive museums, automatic control of air conditioning and heat in office buildings, etc. In this kind of networks there are many problems that have to be solved: location and auto-location of sensors, data fusion, data association, transmission and processing techniques to maximize the life-time of wireless sensors, coding and compression of the transmitted information, detection methods, tracking of multiple targets inside the network, etc. Nevertheless, the algorithms developed by the members of the group span almost all the aspects of sensor networks, both from a theoretical point of view (design of algorithms for coding, transmission, detection and processing of information) and from a practical point of view (planning and building real sensor networks, integration of heterogeneous sensor networks, and programming application interfaces for gathering, processing and displaying information). Innovative Aspects: Building intelligent monitoring systems using sensor networks is still recent. Thus, there are still many potential applications that have not been considered yet. Moreover, there are still a good deal of unsolved theoretical problems. Hence, the development of theoretical solutions and algorithms tailored to them is an area with a huge research activity currently. The difference is given by the ample experience of the members of the group in the development and validation of algorithms, endorsed by the participation in many research projects and industrial contracts, as well as the multiple publications in international conferences and journals. The main advantages of this technology are: • Cost reduction, due to the optimization in the use of the resources and the availability of very low-cost sensors. • Capability of integrating multimedia data from very different sensors. • Reduced processing time of the information, thanks to the use of automatic techniques for gathering, fusion and processing all the available data. • Increased processing capability, thanks to the availability of an increased set of data on which more and more sophisticated algorithms can be applied. • More reliability of the results, allowing noise removal from the signals and their easy reproducibility. Current Stage of Development --------------------------- Development phase - Laboratory tested RTD programme --------------------------- National Programmes Intellectual Property Rights --------------------------- Others The Group has no patents applied for or granted regarding the technologies described above currently. Neither has it copyright protected software or exclusive rights. Application Domain(s) --------------------------- Market Applications --------------------------- MA Keywords: Commercial Communications; Components testing equipment; Furnishing and Furniture; MA Keyword Codes: 001001; 003004002; 007004005; MA Highlights: Collaboration Type --------------------------- Joint further development; Testing of new applications; Adaptation to specific needs; Collaboration Comments --------------------------- - Type of partner sought:Industry - Specific area of activity of the partner: Regarding the intelligent monitoring, systems based on sensor networks can be of interest for security companies (specialised both in closed areas and in wide open spaces), as well as in the military environment. In this case the main objective would be to develop a realistic test environment to validate the multiple algorithms available and designed by the group. It would be also possible to develop new algorithms tailored to the specific necessities of the companies interested in this technology. - Task to be performed by the partner sought: The cost would be variable depending on the test environment developed (small closed area or wide open area) or the application considered. Country of origin --------------------------- Spain
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