Address-Event Video Streaming over Wireless Sensor Networks

The paper explores an algorithm and methodology for realtime video compression and communication over sensor network. Video is encoded using the address-event representation (AER) and using custom image sensors capable of detecting intensity-differences (motion) information. The work focuses on keeping a constant low bit-rate over sensor network channels based on ZigBee radios, so that the motion information in an image can degrade gracefully when the resolution or the image content is varied over time. The paper shows that a 320times240 video stream can be compressed up to 50 times while being intelligible for interpreting motion patterns. This compression requires zero computation when the image is encoded with AER. The work will be applied to remote monitoring of home-care patients and surveillance

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