CrowdPic: An interactive and selective picture collection framework for participatory sensing systems

Huihui Chen, Bin Guo, Zhiwen Yu, Shenlong Huangfu, Wenqian Nan, Wenle Wu

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Abstract

Taking pictures is a commonly-seen participatory sensing manner, and has been explored in many application areas. However, in a participatory image collection system, people are sensitive to the cost of network transmission and power, which may impact their willingness to participate. Moreover, in crowd image sensing, redundant data with varied quality may be contributed by different participants, which should be carefully processed and selected at the server side. In this paper, we propose Crowd Pic, a generic framework for mobile picture crowd sourcing. In Crowd Pic, in order to increase participants' willingness, we leverage multi-round interactions between clients and the server to reduce the redundant data transmission. Meanwhile, we use the sensors of the mobile devices to evaluate the quality of pictures, and select the best picture to be used. Experiments over a dataset collected by 38 recruited participants validate the effectiveness of our framework.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages512-519
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781479962389
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Dec 2014
Event14th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2014 - Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Duration: 11 Sep 201413 Sep 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2014

Conference

Conference14th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an, Shaanxi
Period11/09/1413/09/14

Keywords

  • Interaction
  • Participatory sensing system
  • Picture collection
  • Selection

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