SmartSensor Proof of Concept

Abstract

This chapter illustrates the use of the SmartSensor infrastructure through the development of an application in the domain of smart buildings. Smart buildings are buildings instrumented with smart devices designed to provide high flexibility of use and the ability to evolve and adapt according to the needs of organizations and human beings, aiming at increasing users comfort and safety and optimizing the operation and managing of several functions inside and outside the building while increasing its energy efficiency. There are plenty of applications within the broad domain of smart buildings, varying from applications to control light, humidity and temperature of rooms to fire and intrusion detection. We choose a parking lot management application to present the main functionalities and potential benefits of SmartSensor. The application consists of a wireless sensor network (WSN) based vehicle detection sub-system connected to the SmartSensor infrastructure. The WSN gathers information on the availability of each parking lot and the SmartSensor infrastructure processes the information and provides a Web interface to guide the driver to the available lots.