From Uncertain Photos to Certain Coverage: A Novel Photo Selection Approach to Mobile Crowdsensing

Tongqing Zhou, Bin Xiao, Zhiping Cai, Ming Xu, Xuan Liu

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Abstract

Traditional mobile crowdsensing photo selection process focuses on selecting photos from participants to a server. The server may contain tons of photos for a certain area. A new problem is how to select a set of photos from the server to a smartphone user when the user requests to view an area (e.g., a hot spot). The challenge of the new problem is that the photo set should attain both photo coverage and view quality (e.g., with clear Points of Interest). However, contributions of these geo-tagged photos could be uncertain for a target area due to unavailable information of photo shooting direction and no reference photos. In this paper, we propose a novel and generic server-to-requester photo selection approach. Our approach leverages a utility measure to quantify the contribution of a photo set, where photos' spatial distribution and visual correlation are jointly exploited to evaluate their performance on photo coverage and view quality. Finding the photo set with the maximum utility is proven to be NP-hard. We then propose an approximation algorithm based on a greedy strategy with rigorous theoretical analysis. The effectiveness of our approach is demonstrated with real-world datasets. The results show that the proposal outperforms other approaches with much higher photo coverage and better view quality.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationINFOCOM 2018 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1979-1987
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781538641286
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Oct 2018
Event2018 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, INFOCOM 2018 - Honolulu, United States
Duration: 15 Apr 201819 Apr 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
Volume2018-April
ISSN (Print)0743-166X

Conference

Conference2018 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, INFOCOM 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu
Period15/04/1819/04/18

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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