Tracking the Human Body Via a Wireless Network of Pyroelectric Sensor Arrays

Abstract

This paper describes the design and construction of a low-cost wireless sensor network (WSN) intended to track a human body walking upright through its physical topology. the network consists of arrays of pyroelectric infrared (PIR) sensors that can detect a moving body up to five meters away within a semicircular field of view. Data is gathered from these arrays and transmitted to a central processor that triangulates the body's position. Important characteristics of both the PIR sensors and the network's asynchronous nature are elaborated upon to illustrate how they a®ect the interpretation of the data. © International Foundation for Telemetering, 2008.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0884-5123

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

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English

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© 2024 International Foundation for Telemetering, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Dec 2008

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