Making cities smarter with 24 hours flying drones
and sensor-federated video stream
Takuro Yonezawa
Keio University, JAPAN
Takuro Yonezawa, Ph.D
•Research Assistant Professor, Keio University, Japan
•Ubicomp, Sensor Networks, HCI, CSCW
•Leading Several Smart City Projects
•EU-JP joint research project, MIC G-Space Project,
MEXT Big Data Project, NICT Social Big Data Project etc.
•I LOVE research - create and express something new.
Spot&Snap(2006)
Spot&Snap(2006)
Vinteraction(2010)
CoLive(2012)
BIG	
  GAP
Professionals’	
  Broadcast:	
  
High	
  dramatic	
  impact
Amateurs’	
  Broadcast:	
  
Poor	
  dramatic	
  impact
Supported by Many Staffs Only Broadcaster..
FragWrap (2013)
led by Yutaro Kyono
Wearable FragWrap (2013)
led by Yutaro Kyono
2 Simple Ideas that
you can start to use today
1:Connecting
Video and Sensors
+
カメラ センサ
Telepresence
with
How ?
Remote Presentation with Robot
with Kinect + Skype
Cam
Kinect
Time
Accel.
Gyro
Compass
GPS
etc..
Heartbeat
1080p
30FPS
Sensor Data
Stream
Video Data
Stream
Decoded Information:
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720p 480p
240p 140p
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Senbay
Sensors’ Bay
Senbay
Reader
Now Available for iOS
2:Connecting
Cables and Drones
+
Flying	
  Eye,	
  Flying	
  Eye	
  project	
  
h2p://flyingeye.fr/	
  
D'Andrea,	
  Flying	
  Machine	
  Arena	
  Project,	
  ETH	
  
h2p://www.flyingmachinearena.org/
Prime	
  Air	
  Photos,	
  Amazon	
  prime	
  air	
  project,	
  Amazon.com	
  
h2p://www.amazon.com/b?node=8037720011	
  
Amazing	
  in	
  MoNon,	
  Lexus	
  CM	
  project,	
  KMEL	
  RoboNcs.com	
  
h2p://www.ufunk.net/en/videos/drones-­‐lexus/	
  
	
  DJI	
  Phantom	
  QuadCopter	
  
http://www.dji.com/ja
AR.Drone	
  2.0	
  
h2p://ardrone2.parrot.com/gallery/drone/	
  
Fly+sensor+camera = Nice monitoring system
ex:fly 10min, then recharge 2hours.
Problem
obstacle
cable length = movable area
EverCopter
Wired Drones
Arrangement Problem
Level-ALevel-GLevel-S
Local disaster
monitoring from
flying objects
Wide-area information broadcasting
via quasi-zenith satellite system
“evacuate!”
“evacuate!”
“fly!”
“evacuate!”
4369 Earthquake Sensors
Participatory sensing
during evacuation
Fine-grained sensing
leveraging official vehicle
“evacuate!”
“close!”
Controllable
City Infrastructure
Multi-tier Solution
M2M through the Space
Beyond Internet of Things,
Orchestrate Everything
across Space, Air and Ground

Making cities smarter with 24 hours flying drones and sensor-federated video stream