FeinPhone: Low-cost Smartphone Camera-based 2D Particulate Matter Sensor
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Related Work
3. Measurement Principle
3.1. Light-Scatter Trace Counting
3.2. Optical Parameters
4. The FeinPhone System
4.1. Hardware Design
4.2. Algorithm Design
4.2.1. Contour Detection Particle Counting (CDPC)
4.2.2. Poisson Particle Detection (PPD)
5. Evaluation
- MOG2 learning rates of , , and
- number of standard deviations for Gaussian blur of 5 and 9
- threshold for binarization of 10, 50 and 100
- threshold for contour detection of 10, 50, 100, and 500
- shifting
- smoothing
- interpolating
6. Discussion
6.1. Ventilated vs. Unventilated
6.2. Detection Size Limit
6.3. Computational Requirements
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ABS | Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene |
AD | Aerodynamic Diameter |
APS | Aerodynamic Particle Sizer |
BC | Black Carbon |
CCD | Charge-Coupled Device |
CDPC | Comtour Detection Particle Counting |
CMOS | Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor |
ISO | Camera exposure index rating |
LED | Light Emitting Diode |
MEMS | Microelectromechanical systems |
PLA | Polylactic Acid |
PM | Particulate Matter |
PPD | Poisson Particle Detection |
RGB | Red, Green, Blue (color model) |
SMPS | Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer |
SPEX | Spectropolarimeter for Planetary Exploration |
SPP | Spatial Poisson Process |
WCCAP | World Calibration Center for Aerosol Physics |
WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
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Sensor | Fan | ISO | Shutter time | Framerate | Focal length setting | Resolution |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B001 | yes | 400 | 30 | 10 (inf) | 1920 × 1080 | |
B002 | yes | 200 | 30 | 10 (inf) | 1920 × 1080 | |
B003 | no | 400 | 30 | 10 (inf) | 1920 × 1080 | |
B004 | no | 200 | 30 | 10 (inf) | 1920 × 1080 | |
B005 | yes | 400 | 30 | 10 (inf) | 1920 × 1080 |
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Budde, M.; Leiner, S.; Köpke, M.; Riesterer, J.; Riedel, T.; Beigl, M. FeinPhone: Low-cost Smartphone Camera-based 2D Particulate Matter Sensor. Sensors 2019, 19, 749. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19030749
Budde M, Leiner S, Köpke M, Riesterer J, Riedel T, Beigl M. FeinPhone: Low-cost Smartphone Camera-based 2D Particulate Matter Sensor. Sensors. 2019; 19(3):749. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19030749
Chicago/Turabian StyleBudde, Matthias, Simon Leiner, Marcel Köpke, Johannes Riesterer, Till Riedel, and Michael Beigl. 2019. "FeinPhone: Low-cost Smartphone Camera-based 2D Particulate Matter Sensor" Sensors 19, no. 3: 749. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19030749
APA StyleBudde, M., Leiner, S., Köpke, M., Riesterer, J., Riedel, T., & Beigl, M. (2019). FeinPhone: Low-cost Smartphone Camera-based 2D Particulate Matter Sensor. Sensors, 19(3), 749. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19030749