Title :
Magic Surfaces: A Smart Building Material for Indoor Sensing Infrastructures
Author :
Kurakake, Ryuichi ; Nishizawa, Yohei ; Sakakura, Kenta ; Ouchi, Hiroyuki ; Minami, Masateru ; Morikawa, Hiroyuki
Author_Institution :
Shibaura Inst. of Technol., Tokyo
Abstract :
In this paper, we introduce magic surfaces; a novel positioning and networking infrastructure for indoor sensor network applications. To support various kinds of applications, magic surfaces provide positioning, orientation estimation, bidirectional communication and power transmission functions in a contact-less manner by using a magnetic-based technique. This paper describes the design, implementation and performance evaluations of magic surfaces.
Keywords :
distributed sensors; indoor communication; magnetic field measurement; bidirectional communication; indoor sensing infrastructures; indoor sensor network; magic surfaces; magnetic-based technique; networking infrastructure; orientation estimation; power transmission functions; smart building material; Bidirectional control; Context-aware services; Humans; Indoor environments; Intelligent sensors; Magnetic sensors; Portable computers; Power transmission; Sensor systems and applications; Smart buildings; Indoor Sensor Networks; Near-field Communication; Positioning System; Power Transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Networked Sensing Systems, 2007. INSS '07. Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Braunschweig
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1231-5
DOI :
10.1109/INSS.2007.4297422
