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WISPCam: An RF-Powered Smart Camera for Machine Vision Applications

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Saman Naderiparizi,

Zerina Kapetanovic,

Joshua R. SmithAuthors Info & Claims

ENSsys '16: Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Energy Harvesting and Energy-Neutral Sensing Systems

Pages 19 - 22

https://doi.org/10.1145/2996884.2996888

Published: 14 November 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Sustained exponential improvements in the energy efficiency of microelectronics has recently enabled us to build battery-free camera systems that are powered entirely by propagating radio waves. This paper describes primitive machine vision applications built using this highly constrained, battery-free camera system. After describing the WISPCam system and its constraints, we show how to leverage onboard computation capabilities to compress data transmit as much as possible. Then we demonstrate application of WISPCam for face detection/recognition. To that end, we use WISPCam to capture (relatively) high resolution images of faces, without ever capturing a full frame at high resolution. This example application illustrates the issues that arise in partitioning a demanding vision application across mobile hardware that is highly constrained in power, storage, computation, and communication.

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