Structural environmental informatization using sensor network with heterogeneous sensors

• Published in: Intelligent service robotics Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 21 - 28
• Main Authors: Tanikawa, Tamio, Ohara, Kenichi, Ohba, Kohtaro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 2010; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Artificial Intelligence; Control; Dynamical Systems; Engineering; Mechatronics; Original Research Paper; Power consumption; Radio communications; Radio frequency identification; Robotics; Robotics and Automation; Sensors; User interfaces; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Vibration; Wireless communications; RFID; Dwelling environment; Sensor network; Environment measurement; Module
• ISSN: 1861-2776; 1861-2784
• DOI: 10.1007/s11370-009-0055-6

In the present paper, a configuration of a sensor network system for monitoring the usage patterns of a house is proposed. The sensor network system has many active type radio-frequency identifications (RFIDs) as a network node. The RFID has advantages of low cost and low power consumption. Also the RFID can connect various sensors for measuring environment information, since having I/O port as external interface. Environment information is stored on a database through the RFID’s wireless radio communication function. The sensor types in this system are variety from slow changing information like temperature and humidity data to event notification like a human detection data. The paper will be described a acquisition procedure for various characteristic sensor data on the same sensor network. Also, the installation locations of the sensors are critical for highly accurate detection of the environmental conditions. Finally, based on the sensor data, capability of analysis of the usage pattern for a house will be discussed.