Sensor Data Fusion: Trends, Solutions, Applications at INFORMATIK 2011 - Informatik schafft Communities
Berlin 2011

Abstract: In the context of wireless communication systems many applications oriented to parameter monitoring are developed, such as automatic tracking systems. Tracking systems are strongly conditioned by the communication architecture, sensor management and dedicated processing algorithms. In this paper, an automatic tracking system based on a network of presence and range sensors, is presented. The main goal is to offer a low cost alternative to increase security staff effectiveness and to avoid problems of scattered alarms management. For this purpose, information from different sources is fusioned to provide as output the trajectories of detected objects. In this way the security staff can meet the surveillance cameras that monitor the region on alert, and the system provides a greater level of control. Simulation results, with measurements of different sensors, show the suitability of the proposed distributed multisensor-multitarget fusion system the specified requirements.