這篇論文主要在研究攝相感測網路(Wireless Camera Sensor Networks, ， WCSNs)中的目標覆蓋問題(Target coverage problem)。主要使用多個攝影機彼此合作來達到辨識目標物，而不像過去只用單一攝影機來機辨識目標，因此這篇論文提出一個運用最少的攝相機來達最大目標部分覆蓋(Maximum Partial-View Coverage with Minimum Camera Sensor Problem, MPCMCP)的問題，來找出如何使用最少攝影機數量達到最佳部分影像覆蓋 The thesis investigates the target coverage problem in wireless camera sensor networks such that a target can not only be sensed, but also be recognized. Instead of using one camera sensor to sense and recognize a target, to reduce the amount of deployed sensors, the paper takes advantage of multiple camera sensors to cooperatively sense and recognize a target. The target is recognized by integrating the views from the camera sensors sensing it. Therefore, the paper proposes the Maximum Partial-View Coverage with Minimum Camera Sensor Problem (MPCMCP) which aims to find the best and minimum number of cameras to do the partial-view coverage.
