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US 8,019,576 B2Granted
Method for placement of sensors for surveillance
AssigneeTelcordia Licensing Company, LLC
InventorHanan Luss
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AssigneeTelcordia Licensing Company, LLC
InventorHanan Luss
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A limited number of sensors are placed at selected locations in order to achieve equitable coverage levels to all locations that need to be monitored. The coverage level provided to any specific location depends on all sensors that monitor the location and on the properties of the sensors, including probability of object detection and probability of false alarm. These probabilities may depend on the monitoring and monitored locations. An equitable coverage to all locations is obtained by finding the lexicographically largest vector of coverage levels, where these coverage levels are sorted in a non-decreasing order. The method generates a lexicographic maximin optimization model whose solution provides equitable coverage levels. In order to facilitate computations, a nonlinear integer optimization model is generated whose solution provides the same coverage levels as the lexicographic maximin optimization model. Solution of the nonlinear integer optimization model is obtained through the adaptation of known optimization methods.
A method for a computing device determining placement of a plurality of sensors in a specified area wherein the placement of the plurality of sensors provides coverage, the method comprising:
A method for a computing device determining placement of a plurality of sensors P in a node set S that provides coverage to nodes in a node set N, the method comprising:
A system for determining placement of a plurality of sensors in a specified area wherein the placement of the plurality of sensors provides coverage, the system comprising a computing device comprising:
A system for determining placement of a plurality of sensors in a specified area wherein the placement of the plurality of sensors provides coverage, the system comprising a computing device comprising:
A system for determining placement of a plurality of sensors in a set of nodes S that provides coverage to nodes in a set of nodes N, the system comprising a computing device comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions for determining placement of a plurality of sensors in a specified area to provide coverage stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions for determining placement of a plurality of sensors P in a node set S that provides coverage levels to nodes in a node set N stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
The non-transitory computer readable medium of 19 further comprising instructions to characterize the plurality of sensors in terms of their properties, including probabilities of object detection and probabilities of false alarms.
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