| 1. |
- Athanasiou, Vasileios, 1988, et al.
(författare)
-
On Sensing Principles Using Temporally Extended Bar Codes
- 2020
-
Ingår i: IEEE Sensors Journal. - 1558-1748 .- 1530-437X. ; 20:13, s. 6782-6791
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The detection of ionic variation patterns could be a significant marker for the diagnosis of neurological and other diseases. This paper introduces a novel idea for training chemical sensors to recognise patterns of ionic variations. By using an external voltage signal, a sensor can be trained to output distinct time-series signals depending on the state of the ionic solution. Those sequences can be analysed by a relatively simple readout layer for diagnostic purposes. The idea is demonstrated on a chemical sensor that is sensitive to zinc ions with a simple goal of classifying zinc ionic variations as either stable or varying. The study features both theoretical and experimental results. By extensive numerical simulations, it has been shown that the proposed method works successfully in silico. Distinct time-series signals are found which occur with a high probability under only one class of ionic variations. The related experimental results point in the right direction.
|
|
| 2. |
- Cao, Mingwei, et al.
(författare)
-
MLV : Robust Image Matching via Multilayer Verification
- 2024
-
Ingår i: IEEE Sensors Journal. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 1530-437X .- 1558-1748. ; 24:9, s. 14454-14470
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Image matching is one of the hottest research topics in the field of computer vision, and it aims to compute the correct feature correspondences between images; however, under the influence of illumination changes and scale changes, relying only on the similarity between feature descriptors as the basis for judging feature matching tends to generate more false feature correspondences. To solve the above problems, in this article, we systematically analyze various factors that lead to false feature correspondences, design corresponding solutions for these various factors, and then propose a multilayer verification (MLV) image-matching method. First, eliminating the potential mismatches caused by brute force matching; second, eliminating the mismatches caused by the ambiguity of descriptors; and third, eliminating the feature matches that do not satisfy geometric constraints. Finally, we test the proposed MLV method on several open-source datasets and make a comprehensive comparison with the classical methods. Experimental results show that the MLV method not only can compute more true feature correspondences but also has a low computational cost. In addition, we applied the MLV method to sparse point cloud reconstruction to demonstrate its practical application value. Source code: https://github.com/caomw/mlv.
|
|
| 3. |
- Ghanem, Sally, et al.
(författare)
-
Robust Group Subspace Recovery: A New Approach for Multi-Modality Data Fusion
- 2020
-
Ingår i: IEEE Sensors Journal. - 1558-1748 .- 1530-437X. ; 20:20, s. 12307-12316
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Robust Subspace Recovery (RoSuRe) algorithm was recently introduced as a principled and numerically efficient algorithm that unfolds underlying Unions of Subspaces (UoS) structure, present in the data. The union of Subspaces (UoS) is capable of identifying more complex trends in data sets than simple linear models. We build on and extend RoSuRe to prospect the structure of different data modalities individually. We propose a novel multi-modal data fusion approach based on group sparsity which we refer to as Robust Group Subspace Recovery (RoGSuRe). Relying on a bi-sparsity pursuit paradigm and non-smooth optimization techniques, the introduced framework learns a new joint representation of the time series from different data modalities, respecting an underlying UoS model. We subsequently integrate the obtained structures to form a unified subspace structure. The proposed approach exploits the structural dependencies between the different modalities data to cluster the associated target objects. The resulting fusion of the unlabeled sensors' data from experiments on audio and magnetic data has shown that our method is competitive with other state of the art subspace clustering methods. The resulting UoS structure is employed to classify newly observed data points, highlighting the abstraction capacity of the proposed method.
|
|
| 4. |
- Iqbal, W., et al.
(författare)
-
PCSS : Privacy Preserving Communication Scheme for SDN Enabled Smart Homes
- 2022
-
Ingår i: IEEE Sensors Journal. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 1530-437X .- 1558-1748. ; 22:18, s. 17677-17690
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Smart home technology aka home automation system allows the homeowner and residents to control and monitor the smart devices like HVAC, fridge, doors, cameras etc. These features offer peace of mind to users by providing a safe and well-suited environment. However, at the same time the connected devices are exploited by the cybercriminals for carrying out various sophisticated attacks due to no or minimal security functionalities in the currently produced smart devices. Due to no authentication and plain text data transmission, intruders can get user profiles, learn user behavior, and can even inject malwares in the un-authenticated devices. Therefore, authentication and privacy preserving user queries remains the key issues in wide adaptation of such technologies. Adding to this dilemma, the traditional security solutions cannot be deployed in the low processing devices. Therefore, to overcome the security issues of these low processing gadgets, a network level, lightweight cryptographic security mechanisms are necessitated where the processing is done at the network level middle box rather than low resources end devices. In this aspect, the evolving networking paradigm Software Defined Networking (SDN) offers such properties like programmability, agility, centralized management, and vendor neutrality that overcome the conventional networking control, management, and security problems. The controller of SDN at the control layer manages all the computation and complexities at the network level, rather than at the smart devices. Therefore, in this research, we present a privacy preserving communication scheme for SDN enabled smart homes (PCSS), which aims at provisioning user and smart device authentication, privacy for data (rest and transit) and user queries. It hinders the learning and modification of data by any intruder during the transmission and features mutual authentication of user, controller, and smart device. PCSS, also offers privacy preserving user queries for the smart homes. This is achieved by proposing a symmetric key based lightweight authentication and searchable encrypted queries protocol. We further highlight that the experimental results show the efficacy and usefulness of PCSS scheme when compared with existing secure smart home/system protocols.
|
|
| 5. |
- Akbarzadeh, Saeed, et al.
(författare)
-
A Simple Fabrication, Low Noise, Capacitive Tactile Sensor for Use in Inexpensive and Smart Healthcare Systems
- 2022
-
Ingår i: IEEE Sensors Journal. - : IEEE. - 1530-437X .- 1558-1748. ; 22:9, s. 9069-9077
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Tactile sensors are among the most important devices used in industrial and biomedical fields. Sensors' profiles are significantly affected by their structures and material used. This article presents a robust, low-cost, low noise, accurate and simple fabrication capacitive tactile sensor as a single taxel fabricated on foam. This highly scalable design provides excellent noise immunity, accuracy, and due to a unique printable elastic conductor, it is flexible and stretchable with more than 200% strain. Furthermore, the taxel is based on the capacitive Wheatstone bridge. As a result, noise immunity and stability in case of temperature fluctuation is accomplished. Additionally, the sensor's innovative, simple fabrication, made of Polyurethane foam and printable elastic conductor, allows the system to adapt and achieve relevant results necessary for the purpose of the sensor's application. Therefore, the proposed sensor has potential applications in industrial and biomedical contexts, such as sleep monitoring, etc.
|
|
| 6. |
- Becker, Elin, 1981, et al.
(författare)
-
Study of the Sensing Mechanism Towards Carbon Monoxide of Platinum-Based Field Effect Sensors
- 2011
-
Ingår i: IEEE Sensors Journal. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 1558-1748 .- 1530-437X. ; 11:7, s. 1527-1534
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have investigated the temperature dependence and the effect of hydrogen on the CO response of MISiC field effect device sensors. The evolution of adsorbates on a model sensor was studied by in situ DRIFT spectroscopy and correlated to sensor response measurements at similar conditions. A strong correlation between the CO coverage of the sensor surface and the sensor response was found. The temperature dependence and hydrogen sensitivity are partly in agreement with these observations, however at low temperatures it is difficult to explain the observed increase in sensor response with increasing temperature. This may be explained by the reduction of a surface oxide or removal of oxygen from the Pt/SiO2 interface at increasing temperatures. The sensing mechanism of MISiC field effect sensors is likely complex, involving several of the factors discussed in this paper.
|
|
| 7. |
- Bur, Christian, et al.
(författare)
-
Detecting Volatile Organic Compounds in the ppb Range with Gas Sensitive Platinum gate SiC-Field Effect Transistors
- 2014
-
Ingår i: IEEE Sensors Journal. - 1530-437X .- 1558-1748. ; 14:9, s. 3221-3228
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, the use of a platinum gate gas-sensitive SiC field-effect transistor (SiC-FET) was studied for the detection of low concentrations of hazardous volatile organic compounds (VOCs). For this purpose, a new gas mixing system was realized providing VOCs down to sub-parts per billion levels with permeation ovens and gas predilution. Benzene, naphthalene, and formaldehyde were chosen as major indoor air pollutants and their characteristics are briefly reviewed. Measurements have shown that the selected VOCs can be detected by the SiC-FET in the parts per billion range and indicate a detection limit of ~1 ppb for benzene and naphthalene and ~10 ppb for formaldehyde in humid atmospheres. For 10-ppb naphthalene at 20% r.h., the sensor response is high with 12 mV, respectively, a relative response of 1.4%. Even in a background of 2-ppm ethanol, the relative response is still 0.3%. Quantification independent of the humidity level can be achieved using temperature cycled operation combined with pattern recognition, here linear discriminant analysis. Discrimination of benzene, naphthalene, and formaldehyde is also possible.
|
|
| 8. |
- Chen, Guang, et al.
(författare)
-
A Novel Visible Light Positioning System With Event-Based Neuromorphic Vision Sensor
- 2020
-
Ingår i: IEEE Sensors Journal. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 1530-437X .- 1558-1748. ; 20:17, s. 10211-10219
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- With the advanced development of image processing technology, visible light positioning (VLP) system based on image sensors has attracted more and more attention. However, as a commonly used light receiver, traditional CMOS camera has limited dynamic range and high latency, which is susceptible to various lighting and environmental factors. Moreover, high computational cost from image processing is unavoidable for most of visible light positioning systems. In our work, a novel VLP system using an event-based neuromorphic vision sensor (event camera) as the light receiver is proposed. Due to the low latency and microsecond-level temporal resolution of the event camera, our VLP system is able to identify multiple high-frequency flickering LEDs in asynchronous events simultaneously leaving out the need for data association and traditional image processing methods. A multi-LED fusion method is applied and a high positioning accuracy of 3cm is achieved when the height between LEDs and the event camera is within 1m.
|
|
| 9. |
- Kaestner, Anders P., et al.
(författare)
-
Microwave polarimetry tomography of wood
- 2005
-
Ingår i: IEEE Sensors Journal. - New York : IEEE Sensors Council. - 1530-437X .- 1558-1748. ; 5:2, s. 209-215
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we present a new microwave-based method to make images of fiber structure, e.g., to locate knots in wood. Evaluation of Maxwell's equations for an electromagnetic wave propagating in an anisotropic media (wood) shows that the polarization of the wave depends on the local fiber orientation in the sample. Experiments support the theoretical evaluation showing that knots can be followed in images of polarimetric parameters, reconstructed from multiple monostatic measurements. The equipment works at low intensity and is, therefore, virtually harmless to human beings; furthermore, it can be made portable and be operated by a single person.
|
|
| 10. |
- Kaushik, K., et al.
(författare)
-
Low-cost wake-up receiver for RF energy harvesting wireless sensor networks
- 2016
-
Ingår i: IEEE Sensors Journal. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 1530-437X .- 1558-1748. ; 16:16, s. 6270-6278
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The existing passive wake-up receivers (WuRxs) are radio frequency identification (RFID) tag based, which incur high cost and complexity. In this paper, we study cost-effective and long-range WuRx solutions for range-based wake-up (RW) as well as directed wake-up (DW). In particular, we consider the case of an RF energy harvesting wireless sensor node and investigate how a low-cost WuRx can be built using an RF energy harvester available at the node. Experimental results show that our developed prototype can achieve a wake-up range of 1.16 m with +13 dBm transmit power. Furthermore, our empirical study shows that at +30 dBm transmit power the wake-up distance of our developed RW module is >9 m. High accuracy of DW is demonstrated by sending a 5-bit ID from a transmitter at a bit rate up to 33.33 kbps. Finally, we present optimized WuRx designs for RW and DW using Agilent advanced design system, which offer up to 5.69 times higher wake-up range for RW and energy savings per bit of about 0.41 mJ and 21.40 nJ, respectively, at the transmitter and the sensor node in DW.
|
|
