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Swarming Network forIntruder Detection
Jerry A. Krill, Mike J. O‘DriscollJohns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory
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Background
• Various video and infrared (IR) monitoring methods exist today to monitor and control access– Video monitoring– IR moving object detectors– IR tripwire paths
• We propose a new approach to intruder detection and location – a swarming sensor network
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Basic Technology
• Many sensor “pebbles” connected in a very simple network
• Act as cueing nodes using an influential form of communications without protocols
• Swarming of pebble behavior in response to cue stimulation from pebbles
• Means to remotely monitor the sensor network
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Pebble Configuration
SensorWindow
Protective,Disguised
Cover
transmit / receiveRF antennas
SolarCells
SensorWindow
1-2 cmdiameter
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Elements of the Network
Corporate Facilities
SecurityOfficeRemote
Receivers
Sensor “Pebble Field”
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Intruder Detection
Corporate Facilities
SecurityOfficeRemote
Receivers
Sensor “Pebble Field”
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Intruder Detectionvia Microwave Signal Blockage
All nodes operateon communications
frequency
Several nodes actas “illuminators”
Corporate Facilities
SecurityOfficeRemote
Receivers
Sensor“Pebble Field”
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Commercial Applications• Means to monitor security zones
– difficult to counter– highly automated and relatively inexpensive
• Scalable from room size to many square miles– Examples:
• Offices Industrial complexes • Malls Utility installations• Office buildings Military test ranges
• Existing designs provide a practical starting point for rapid prototyping
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Contact InformationTo be presented at 3rd International Conference on IntelligentSensors, Sensor Networks, and Information Processing (ISSNIP) 2007
• For technical information contact:
Mike O’Driscoll, [email protected]
• For licensing information contact:
John Bacon, Technology ManagerOffice of Technology TransferThe Johns Hopkins UniversityApplied Physics Laboratory11100 Johns Hopkins RoadLaurel, MD [email protected]/ott