Paper Info
Title
Battery-Free Wireless Video Streaming Camera System
Abstract
We design and prototype the first battery-free video streaming camera that harvests energy from both ambient light and RF signals. The RF signals are emitted by a nearby access point. The camera collects energy from both sources and backscatters up to 13 frames per second (fps) video at a distance of up to 150 ft in both outdoor and indoor environments. Compared to a single harvester powered by either ambient light or RF, our dual harvester design improves the camera’s frame rate. Also, the dual harvester design maintains a steady 3 fps at distances beyond the RF energy harvesting range. To show efficacy of our battery-free video streaming camera for real applications such as surveillance and monitoring, we deploy our camera for a day-long experiment, from 8 AM to 4 PM, in an outdoor environment. Our results show that on a sunny day, our camera can provide a frame rate of up to 9 fps using a 4.5 cm×2.2 cm solar cell.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/RFID.2019.8719264
2019 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Cameras,Streaming media,Radio frequency,Backscatter,Energy harvesting,Radiofrequency identification,Wireless communication
Video streaming,Electronic engineering,Radio frequency,Solar cell,Frame rate,Engineering,Rf energy harvesting,Battery (electricity),Electrical engineering,Wireless video
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2374-0221
978-1-7281-1210-7
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ali Saffari152.10
Mehrdad Hessar2815.41
saman naderiparizi31126.75
Smith Joshua R.42027361.75