Presentation 2015-11-06
Optimal Position Tracking for UAV Assisted Wireless Power Transfer on Battery-Less Agricultural Sensor System
Ryo Shigeta, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Tohru Asami,
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Abstract(in English) In this paper, we present battery-less agricultural sensor system that is wirelessly powered from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). There are several trials that using UAV as a mobile wireless power transmitter and driving sensor nodes by the transmitted power with microwave. However, introducing the system to agricultural applications, microwave will likely be reflected or absorbed by crops and soil which richly contain moisture since microwave propagation significantly affected by water. As a result, power transmission efficiency will depend on transmitter’s positions. On the other hand, there could be another efficient powering position. Thus, we attempted to measure effects by moisture and proposed to position tracking method to maximize the transmission efficiency.
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Keyword(in English) Battery-less sensor node / Wireless power transfer / UAV / Agricultural sensor networks
Paper # ASN2015-73
Date of Issue 2015-10-29 (ASN)

Conference Information
Committee ASN
Conference Date 2015/11/5(2days)
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Place (in English) NICT Koganei HQ
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Agriculture x Measurement x ICT Workshop
Chair Hiroshi Tohjo(NTT)
Vice Chair Hiroo Sekiya(Chiba Univ.) / Hiraku Okada(Nagoya Univ.) / Kiyohito Yoshihara(KDDI R&D Labs.)
Secretary Hiroo Sekiya(Kanagawa Inst. of Tech.) / Hiraku Okada(NTT) / Kiyohito Yoshihara
Assistant Yuichi Igarashi(Hitachi) / Katsuhiro Naito(Aichi Inst. of Tech.) / Kiyohiko Hattori(NICT) / Hiroshi Fujita(Fujitsu Labs.) / Takuro Yonezawa(Keio Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Ambient intelligence and Sensor Networks
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Optimal Position Tracking for UAV Assisted Wireless Power Transfer on Battery-Less Agricultural Sensor System
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Battery-less sensor node
Keyword(2) Wireless power transfer
Keyword(3) UAV
Keyword(4) Agricultural sensor networks
1st Author's Name Ryo Shigeta
1st Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(U-Tokyo)
2nd Author's Name Ryosuke Kobayashi
2nd Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(U-Tokyo)
3rd Author's Name Yoshihiro Kawahara
3rd Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(U-Tokyo)
4th Author's Name Tohru Asami
4th Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(U-Tokyo)
Date 2015-11-06
Paper # ASN2015-73
Volume (vol) vol.115
Number (no) ASN-290
Page pp.pp.127-132(ASN),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2015-10-29 (ASN)