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| EMP01 | A Robot that Approaches Pedestrians | Abstract:When robots serve in urban areas such as shopping malls, they will often be required to approach people in order to initiate service. This paper presents a technique for human–robot interaction that enables a robot to approach people who are passing through an environment. For successful approach, our proposed planner first searches for a target person at public distance zones anticipating his/her future position and behavior. It chooses a person who does not seem busy and can be reached from a frontal direction. Once the robot successfully approaches the person within the social distance zone, it identifies the person’s reaction and provides a timely response by coordinating its body orientation. The system was tested in a shopping mall and compared with a simple approaching method. The result demonstrates a significant improvement in approaching performance: the simple method was only 35.1% successful, whereas the proposed technique showed a success rate of 55.9%. | 2013 |
| EMP02 | Front Sensor and GPS-Based Lateral Control of Automated Vehicles | Abstract:This work proposes an automated steering control system for passenger cars. Feasibility of a control strategy based on a front sensor and a Global Positioning System (GPS) has been evaluated using computer simulations. First, the steering angles can be estimated by using the driving data provided by the front sensor and GPS. Second, the road curvature estimator for real-time situation is designed based on its relationship with the steering angle. Third, accurate and real-time estimation of the vehicle’s lateral displacements with respect to the road is accomplished. Finally, a closed-loop controller is used to control the lateral dynamics of the vehicle. The proposed estimation and control algorithms are validated by computer simulation results. They show that this lateral steering control system achieves good and robust performance for vehicles to follow a reference path | 2013 |
| EMP03 | Adaptive PD Controller Modeled via Support VectorRegression for a Biped Robot. | Abstract:The real-time balance control of an eight link biped robot using a zero moment point (ZMP) dynamic model is difficult due to the processing time of the corresponding equations. To overcome this limitation, an intelligent computing control technique is used. This technique is based on support vector regression (SVR). The method uses the ZMP error and its variation as inputs, and the output is the correction of the robot’s torso necessary for its sagittal balance. The SVR is trained based on simulation data and their performance is verified with a real biped robot. The ZMP is calculated by reading four force sensors placed under each robot’s foot. The gait implemented in this biped is similar to a human gait that is acquired and adapted to the robot’s size. Some experiments are presented, and the results show that the implemented gait combined with the SVR controller can be used to control this biped robot. The SVR controller performs the control in 0.2 ms. | 2013 |
| EMP04 | A Compact and Compliant External Pipe-Crawling Robot | Abstract:The focus of this paper is on the practical aspects of design, prototyping, and testing of a compact, compliant external pipe-crawling robot that can inspect a closely spaced bundle ofpipes in hazardous environments and areas that are inaccessible to humans. The robot consists of two radially deployable compliant ring actuators that are attached to each other along the longitudinal axis of the pipe by a bidirectional linear actuator. The robot imitates the motion of an inchworm. The novel aspect of the compliant ring actuator is a spring-steel compliant mechanism that converts circumferential motion to radial motion of its multiple gripping pads. Circumferential motion to ring actuators is provided by two shape memory alloy (SMA) wires that are guided by insulating rollers. The design of the compliant mechanism is derived from a radially deployable mechanism. A unique feature of the design is that the compliant mechanism provides the necessary kinematic function within the limited annular space around the pipe and serves as the bias spring for the SMA wires. | 2013 |
| EMP05 | MSU Jumper: A Single-Motor- Actuated Miniature SteerableJumping Robot | Abstract:The ability to jump is found widely among small animals such as frogs, grasshoppers, and fleas. They jump to overcome large obstacles relative to their small sizes. Inspired by the animals’ jumping capability, a miniature-jumping robot—Michigan State University (MSU) Jumper—has been developed. In this paper, the mechanical design, fabrication, and experimentation of the MSU jumper are presented. The robot can achieve the following three performances simultaneously, which distinguish it from the other existing jumping robots. First, it can perform continuous steerable jumping that is based on the self-righting and the steering capabilities.Second, the robot only requires a single actuator to perform all the functions. Third, the robot has a light Weight (23.5 g) to reduce the damage that results from the impact of landing. Experimental results show that, with a 75◦ take-off angle, the robot can jump up to 87 cm in vertical height and 90 cm in horizontal distance. The robot has a wide range of applications such as sensor/communication networks, search and rescue, surveillance, and environmental monitoring. | 2013 |
| EMP06 | Automatic Lighting System Using Multiple Robotic Lamps | Abstract:An automatic lighting system using 3-DOF robotic lamps and a laser scanner is proposed in this paper. The 3-DOF robotic lamp, which is designed with a spherical parallel mechanism with a unique forward kinematic solution, has a tilting motion to track a person and zoom-in and zoom-out motions to control the light intensity. In order to minimize the dynamic load, three actuators are installed at the base frame, and a counterbalancing design is considered. The positions of people are detected by a laser scanner, and the Kalman filter and a data association algorithm are applied in order to track the positions of people accurately. Therefore, multiple robotic lamps can track and illuminate each person continuously. We demonstrate experimentally that three robotic lamps mounted on the ceiling illuminate three people independently and control the intensity of the light according to the distance between a person and the robotic lamp. | 2013 |
| EMP07 | Automatic Weed Detection System and Smart Herbicide Sprayer Robot for corn fields | Abstract:A vision-based guidance method is presented to guide a robot platform which is designed independently to drive through the crops in a field according to the design concept of open architecture. Then, the offset and heading angle of the robot platform are detected in real time to guide the platform on the basis of recognition of a crop using machine vision. This project is basically developed to implement a number of agricultural production in many countries, such as picking, harvesting, weeding, pruning, planting, grafting, agricultural classification etc | 2013 |
| EMP08 | Towards a New Modality-Independent Interface for a Robotic Wheelchair | Abstract:In this paper a robotic wheel chair is controlled by two different modes. In the present Robotic wheel chair designs there are several constraints in controlling the wheel chair and the wheel chair has constraints for people with different disabilities. In this system the robotic wheel chair is designed by two modes manual mode and automatic mode. In the manual mode the robot can be controlled manually by the user. In the automatic mode the robotic wheel chair can be controlled automatically by the controller. | 2013 |
| EMP09 | Self-recognition of Vehicle Position Using UHF Passive RFID Tags | Abstract:During the past 5 years, the UHF passive RFID technology has been widely adopted as a direct response to the needs of the supply chain management. When products affixed with UHF passive RFID tags (“Tag(s)”) are released, they travel from manufacturing plants to warehouses to retail shops. For supply chain management operators, it would be of great interest to be able to detect the current location of such products in real time. In real life applications, since most products are shipped on a ‘Global Positioning System (GPS)’ tracked vehicles, their locations can be readily identified while they are en route. However, in order to identify the current locations of such products in an indoor environment, one needs to either manually record their exact locations or locate the indoor vehicles carrying such products. | 2013 |
| EMP10 | A Novel Surgical Manipulator with Workspace-Conversion Ability for Tele surgery. | Abstract:This Paper proposes a design of robot that is used in telesurgery. The telerobotic surgical system enables long distance telesurgery, covering the distance between patients and surgeons in remote regions of the world (e.g., in the Antarctic continent). Marescaux successfully performed transatlantic robot-assisted telesurgery using the Zeus system. The surgeons were in New York and the patient was in Strasbourg, France. Arata conducted Japan–Thailand telesurgery experiments with animals using conventional network infrastructures. Using the concept of telesurgery, the Defense Advanced Research Program Agency explored the possibilities of the unmanned surgical operating room for treating wounded soldiers on the battlefield. The unmanned surgical operating room consists of a da Vinci system, a scrub nurse robot arm, and a tool changer. Surgical procedures in battlefields, disaster hit areas, etc., where doctors cannot reach the patients can be performed through this robot proposed in the paper. These robots increases the distance between the doctors and the patients by enabling control through remote ways. Hence lives can be saved where doctors cannot reach like battlefields, etc., | 2013 |
| EMP11 | Multiple Working Mode Control of Door-Opening With a Mobile Modular and Reconfigurable Robot | Abstract:As robots enter novel, uncertain home and office environments, they are able to navigate these environments successfully. However, to be practically deployed robots should be able to manipulate their environment to gain access to new spaces, such as by opening a door and operating an elevator. This remains a challenging problem because a robot will encounter doors it has never seen before. Objects such as door handles and elevator buttons, though very different in appearance, are functionally similar. Thus, they share some common features in the way they can be perceived and acted upon. Infer how to manipulate it to open the door. Our system assumes no prior knowledge of the location or shape of the door handle. We also experimentally verify our algorithms on doors not seen in the training set, advancing our work towards being the first to enable our robot to navigate anywhere in a new building by opening doors and elevators, even ones it has not seen before. | 2013 |
| EMP12 | Robust Adaptive Controller for a Tractor–Trailer Mobile Robot | Abstract:This Paper proposes a design of Tractor Trailer robot. MOBILE robots have attracted much attention in industry and research in recent decades. Various locomotion systems have been proposed for mobile robots in different environments. The wheel is the most popular locomotion mechanism in mobile robotics and man-made vehicles due to its simplicity, efficiency, and flexibility. A wheeled mobile robot (WMR) as a result of nonslip and pure rolling conditions of wheels is subjected to non-holonomic constraints. In classification of kinematics and dynamics models for various types of WMRs has been analyzed. The control of non-holonomic systems is a challenging problem as a result of system inherent characteristics. Highly nonlinear dynamic models, non-square multi input multi output models, under-actuated, and driftless mechanical systems are some of their attributes. Possible motion tasks can be classified into point stabilization, path following, and trajectory tracking. | 2013 |
| EMP13 | Tank-Like Module-Based Climbing Robot Using Passive Compliant Joints | Abstract:This Paper proposes a design of an tank like climbing robot. CLIMBING robots have been developed to be applied in hazardous and dangerous environments for human beings like exploring, inspecting, and cleaning of high-rise buildings. Since climbing on a vertical wall or on a ceiling works against the direction of gravity, sufficient attachment force (shear resistance and adhesion) is required for climbing robots to maintain their position on the vertical wall. There are several principles to make this attachment force: suction, magnetic force, mechanical interlocking, vortex, and electroadhesives. This robot is designed to achieve high payload and high speed. Climbing robots have been designed to be used in hazardous terrains. There are several designs of climbing robots have been developed but each has its own disadvantage. The proposed system provides a design of tank like robot that overcomes the disadvantages of older designs. | 2013 |
| EMP14 | Dynamic Ultrasonic Hybrid Localization System for Indoor Mobile Robots | Abstract:There are several ways of navigation of a robot. Some of the ways of navigation of the robot is by using IR sensors and line following robot in which the robot follows a predefined path. There are disadvantages of the previous methods of navigation. Localization for autonomous mobile robots is the process of determining and tracking the position and the orientation (i.e., the pose) of the robots in any given environment. Localization is a fundamental technique that allows robots to navigate, explore, or perform their intended tasks successfully without human intervention. The topic of localization has received considerable attention over the past few decades. | 2013 |
| EMP15 | Minimal Grasper: A Practical Robotic Grasper With Robust Performance for Pick-and-Place Tasks | Abstract:In this paper a flexible grasper is used for Robot grasping and pick-and-place task. The main characteristic of this robot that it uses a special flexible grasper to pick and place operations that reduces the use of complex mechanisms that reduces the flexibility of the robot and reduce he constraints of the shape of the objects that can be picked by the robot arm. By using a flexible grasper the friction between the object and the robot arm is being increased. By using this mechanism the success rate of pick and place robots are increased. | 2013 |
| EMP16 | Omega-Shaped Inchworm-Inspired Crawling Robot With Large-Index-and-Pitch (LIP) SMA Spring Actuators | Abstract:In this paper a new design of robot that overcomes the disadvantages of the present of system design of robot is presented. Many present robot designs are inspired from the movement of animals in the animal kingdom. Likewise this design is inspired from the inchworm. The major disadvantages of present robot designs are they can move only in specific terrains. This inchworm inspired robot can overcome these constraints. This robot designed in this manner has the capability to work in all terrains. And helpful in rescue operations in disaster hit areas. | 2013 |
| EMP17 | Customized Ultra High Frequency Radio FrequencyIdentification Tags and Reader Antennas Enabling ReliableMobile Robot Navigation | Abstract :Passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an emerging technology increasingly adopted in many contexts, even quite far from the canonical ones basically related to logistics and product tracking. Identification of goods containing liquid or made of metal, RFID-based sensor data transmission, monitoring of small items, are only a few of the many possible examples. Indeed, an RFID system is a very cost-effective technology allowing the automatic of a labeled object/animal/person and consists of two a reader (or interrogator) with energization and interrogation functions and a tag (or transponder) which is a rather inexpensive and passive device which, once powered by the reader signal, transmits back its unique identification data (ID). | 2013 |
| EMP18 | Smart Host Microcontroller for Optimal Battery Charging in a Solar-Powered Robotic Vehicle | Abstract:This paper focuses on the design and construction of an optimization charging system for Li–Po batteries by means of tracked solar panels. Thus, the implementation of a complete energy management system applied to a robotic exploration vehicle is put forward. The proposed system was tested on the VANTER robotic platform—an autonomous unmanned exploration vehicle specialized in recognition. The interest of this robotic system lies in the design concept, based on a smart host microcontroller. On this basis, our proposal makes a twofold significant contribution. On the one hand, it presents the construction of a solar tracking mechanism aimed at increasing the rover’s power regardless of its mobility. On the other hand, it proposes an alternative design of power system performance based on a pack of two batteries. The aim is completing the process of charging a battery independently while the other battery provides all the energy consumed by the robotic vehicle | 2012 |
| EMP19 | An Autonomous Robot Based on a wheelchair | Abstract :This paper describes the Rob Chair assistive navigation system. Rob Chair project was conceived with the aim to assist disabled people in the difficult task of manoeuvring a powered wheelchair. This paper describes the overall hardware and software architecture including the communication system: a friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) which also works as a simulator: and introduces a voice Human Machine Interface (HMI). The system’s architecture follows A behavior based control architecture. | 2012 |
| EMP20 | Wireless Under Water Mobile Robot System Based on ZigBee | Abstract :In this paper, a wireless underwater mobile robot system is designed in order to study the behavior of Artemia group. A new idea has been presented for underwater mobile robot system which is consists of two parts, first is the underwater mechanical robot and the second is ZigBee wireless based mobile robot which controls and moves the first part. By this system different patterns motion control (Linear, Circular, Zigzag, etc.) has been performed and proved the ability to control group of robot by controlling the group of Artemia. | 2012 |
| EMP21 | Wireless Vision-based stabilization of Indoor Micro Helicopter | Abstract:This paper presents wireless vision-based stabilization of an indoor microhelicopter via visual simultaneous localization and mapping. The so-called parallel tracking and mapping (PTAM) technique using a small single wireless camera on the helicopter is utilized to detect the position and attitude of the helicopter. We construct the measurement system that is able to calibrate the mapping between local coordinate system in the PTAM and world coordinate system and is able to realize noise detection and elimination. In addition, we design the guaranteed cost (stable) controller for the dynamics of the helicopter via a linear matrix inequality approach. Although path tracking control only via the small single wireless vision sensor is a quite difficult task, the control results demonstrate the utility of our approach. | 2012 |
| EMP22 | Context Aware Driver Behavior Detection System in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) | Vehicle Ad hoc Networks (VANET) emerged as an application of Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET), which use Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) to allow vehicles in close proximity to communicate with each other, or to communicate with roadside equipment. Applying wireless access technology in vehicular environments has led to the improvement of road safety and a reduction in the number of fatalities caused by road accidents, through the development of road safety applications and facilitating information sharing between moving vehicles regarding the road. This paper focuses on developing a novel and non-intrusive driver behaviour detection system using a context-aware system in VANET to detect abnormal behaviours exhibited by drivers, and to warn other vehicles on the road so as to prevent accidents from happening. A five-layer contextaware architecture is proposed which is able to collect contextual information about the driving environment, perform reasoning about certain and uncertain contextual information and react upon that information. A probabilistic model based on Dynamic Bayesian Networks (DBN) for real time inferring four types of driving behaviour (normal, drunk, reckless and fatigue) by combining contextual information about the driver, vehicle and the environment is presented. The dynamic behaviour model can capture the static and the temporal aspects related to the behaviour of the driver, thus, leading to robust and accurate behaviour detection. The evaluation of behaviour detection using synthetic data proves the validity of our model and the importance of including contextual information about the driver, the vehicle and the environment. | 2013 |
| EMP23 | Safe Maritime Autonomous Navigation With COLREGS Using Velocity Obstacles | Introduction:In recent years, significant technological advancements have increased onboard capabilities of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), so that their intended mission scenarios now routinely include environments shared with other seagoing traffic. Consequently, as autonomous USVs are operated alongside other manned and unmanned vehicles, they must be able to safely avoid other vessels. In maritime navigation, ships should obey the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (known as COLREGS, for COLlision REGulationS), agreed to by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 1972. These “rules of the road” specify the types of maneuvers that should be taken in situations where there is a risk of collision. When USVs are operated near other vessels, their navigation algorithms must abide by COLREGS, so that the USVs can safely avoid other vessels and the drivers of other vessels can rely on a range of safe behaviors from the USVs. | 2013 |
| EMP24 | Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR): A State of the Art Review | Introduction:Automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) is the extraction of vehicle license plate information from an image or a sequence of images. The extracted information can be used with or without a database in many applications, such as electronic payment systems (toll payment, parking fee payment), and freeway and arterial monitoring systems for traffic surveillance. It is fulfilled by the combination of a lot of techniques, such as object detection, image processing, and pattern recognition. ALPR is also known as automatic vehicle identification, car plate recognition, automatic number plate recognition, and optical character recognition (OCR) for cars. | 2013 |
| EMP25 | Context-Adaptive Multimodal Wireless Sensor Network for Energy-Efficient Gas Monitoring | We present a wireless sensor network (WSN) for monitoring indoor air quality, which is crucial for people’s comfort, health, and safety because they spend a large percentage of time in indoor environments. A major concern in such networks is energy efficiency because gas sensors are power-hungry, and the sensor node must operate unattended for several years on a battery power supply. A system with aggressive energy management at the sensor level, node level, and network level is presented. The node is designed with very low sleep current consumption (only 8 μA), and it contains a metal oxide semiconductor gas sensor and a pyroelectric infrared (PIR) sensor. Furthermore, the network is multimodal; it exploits information from auxiliary sensors, such as PIR sensors about the presence of people and from the neighbor nodes about gas concentration to modify the behavior of the node and the measuring frequency of the gas concentration. In this way, we reduce the nodes’ activity and energy requirements, while simultaneously providing a reliable service. To evaluate our approach and the benefits of the context-aware adaptive sampling, we simulate an application scenario which demonstrates a significant lifetime extension (several years) compared to the continuously-driven gas sensor. In March 2012, we deployed the WSN with 36 nodes in a four-story building and by now the performance has confirmed models and expectations. | 2013 |
| EMP26 | Embedded Flexible Force Sensor for In-Situ Tire–Road Interaction Measurements | Introduction:In-situ sensing the tire–road interactions such as local contact friction force distributions provides crucial information for building accurate friction force models for vehicle safety control. In this paper, we report the development of an embedded, flexible local force sensor for measuring the tire local friction forces and their distributions. A new pressure sensitive, electric conductive rubber (PSECR) sensor is used and embedded inside the tire rubber layer to extract | 2013 |
| EMP27 | Shared Steering Control Between a Driver and an Automation: Stability in the Presence of Driver Behavior Uncertainty | Introduction:DRIVING is a dangerous activity that can have serious human and economic consequences. According to the statistics, unintended lane departure is the second most frequent type of single light-vehicle accidents. In many cases, the accidents can be attributed to degradation in driver performance, which is caused by such factors as fatigue, drowsiness, or inattention. This fact has motivated major research effort aimed at helping drivers and improving safety, particularly through the use of active systems that have the potential to prevent vehicle accidents. Several advanced assistance systems have been proposed over the last decade to improve vehicle lateral control. Some of them are based on the principle of mutual control between the driver and the automation system. The challenge in designing such human–machine interaction is how to combine the adaptability of humans with the precision of machines because manual control tasks are prone to human error, and fully automated tasks are subject to wide-ranging limitations. | 2013 |
| EMP28 | An Integrated Health Management Process for Automotive Cyber-Physical Systems | Introduction:Automobile is one of the most widely distributed cyber-physical systems. Over the last few years, the electronic explosion in automotive vehicles has significantly increased the complexity, heterogeneity and interconnectedness of embedded systems. Although designed to sustain long life, systems degrade in performance due to gradual development of anomalies eventually leading to faults. In addition, system usage and operating conditions (e.g., weather, road surfaces, and environment) may lead to different failure modes that can affect the performance of vehicles. Advanced diagnosis and prognosis technologies are needed to quickly detect and isolate faults in network-embedded automotive systems so that proactive corrective maintenance actions can be taken to avoid failures and improve vehicle availability. | 2013 |
| EMP29 | Traffic Violation Detection Using Multiple Trajectories Evaluation of Vehicles | Introduction:The statistic from many countries showed that high percentage of serious road accident occurred at the road junction due to driver disobeying or red light violating. Based on observation, drivers often change lanes before the stop line, which is one reason that cause traffic accidence and traffic jam. Many researchers developed some systems with advanced technologies for traffic-violation detection in action and taking photography of incidents for records. Those systems comprised of many equipment and devices such as induction coils, radar, ultrasonic, laser, video detection, etc. In comparison with the traditional traffic violation detection technology, the video-based image processing method for traffic violation detection has many advantages, for example easy maintenance, high accuracy of detection, long life service, real-time detection and inexpensive. | 2013 |
| EMP30 | Driver Fatigue Detection Using Machine Vision Approach | Introduction:Road users have long been known to fall asleep whilst driving. Driving long hours can induce fatigue causing lack of concentration and occasionally road accidents. Up to 20% of fatal crashes may be linked to driver fatigue. This paper presents a low-cost and simple distributed force sensor that is particularly suitable for measuring grip force and hand position on a steering wheel. The sensor can be used in automotive active safety systems that aim at detecting driver’s fatigue, which is a major issue to prevent road accidents. The key point of our approach is to design a prototype of sensor units, so that it can serve as platform for integrating different kinds of sensors into the steering wheel. | 2013 |
| EMP31 | Design of Milk Analysis Embedded System for Dairy Farmers | Introduction:In recent years the National Dairy Development Board-initiated cooperative movement has led to a substantial increase in milk production in India. The two main reasons for this increase are the efficient collection of milk and higher profit for the producers, both of which have to some degree been influenced by information technology. The appropriate information technology described in this paper helped to make information symmetric in the market, thereby minimizing problems of adverse selection and tedious work. It is only recently that automation has been introduced into agriculture. In many dairy farms, computer aided control of physiological and sanitary parameters are already used and lead to a productivity increase and the elimination of some tedious operations. | 2013 |
| EMP32 | Locking and Unlocking of Theft Vehicles Using CAN | AbstractAvoiding Vehicle Theft is making buzz in present automobile industry. Design and development of a theft control system for an automobile, can be achieved by making use of GPS feature of mobile phone. The developed system makes use of an mobile phone that is embedded in the vehicle with an interfacing to Engine Control Module(ECM) through Control Area Network (CAN) Bus, which is in turn, communicated to the ECM. The vehicle being stolen can be stopped by using GPS feature of mobile phone and this information is used by the owner of the vehicle for future processing. The owner sends the message to the mobile which is embedded in the vehicle which has stolen which in turn controls the vehicles engine by locking the working of the engine immediately. The developed system accept the message and broadcasted to the Vehicle Network through CAN Bus. The engine can be unlocked only by the owner of the vehicle by sending the message again. The goal behind the design is to develop security for vehicles and embedded system to communicate with engine of the vehicle. | 2013 |
| EMP33 | Design of an Intelligent Electric Vehicle for Blind | Introduction:Independent mobility is a key component in maintaining the physical and psychosocial health of an individual. Further, for people having blind, independent mobility increases vocational and educational opportunities, reduces dependence on caregivers and family members, and promotes feelings of self-reliance. Psychologically, a decrease in mobility can lead to feelings of emotional loss, anxiety, depression, educed self-esteem, social isolation, stress, and fear of abandonment. Even though the benefits of powered mobility are well documented, the safety issues associated with operation of powered vehicles often prevent clinicians and rehabilitation practitioners from prescribing powered mobility. One obstacle to safely operating a vehicle is impaired vision. So we are introducing an intelligent vehicle for blind. | 2013 |
| EMP34 | Design And Development Of PIC Microcontroller Based Vehicle Monitoring System Using Controller Area Network (CAN) Protocol | Introduction:Controller Area Network (CAN) is an attractive alternative in the automotive and automation industries due to its ease in use, low cost and provided reduction in wiring complexity. It was developed by Robert Bosch for communication between various digital devices inside an automobile where heavy electrical interferences and mechanical vibrations are present. This project is aimed at the implementation of CAN protocol using PIC for vehicle monitoring system. The main feature of the system includes monitoring of various vehicle parameters such as Temperature, presence of CO level in the exhaust, Battery Voltage and Light due to spark or fire. | 2013 |
| EMP35 | Application of Temperature Compensated Ultrasonic Ranging for Blind Person and Verification Using MATLAB | Introduction:There are various methods to measure the distance of obstacle. One of the methods is by means of ultrasonic. Applications are in the field of remote sensing, mobility aid for blind person, in robotics and self -propelling vehicles. Self propelling vehicles are automatic tools which are useful in industries which are totally dependent on automatic machines. It is evident that the influence of temperature, pressure and humidity on ultrasonic velocity. This paper contains a method to implement a mobility aid for blind person and also can be used in automatic robots, self-propelling vehicles in automated production factories etc. | 2013 |
| EMP36 | A Tactical Information Management System for Unmanned Vehicles Using Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks | Introduction:With the rapid use of wireless technology, the modern vehicles are increasingly using wireless technology for communication purposes. Among different applications using wireless technology some of the popular applications are hands-free cell phone operation, remote door unlocking, updated navigation, and traffic reporting etc. Although some wireless communications technologies extend beyond a vehicle, such as satellite communications, we will consider them to represent a wireless intra-vehicle communications method. So now we will turn our attention to Bluetooth and satellite services such as satellite radio and satellite-based vehicle services. | 2013 |
| EMP37 | Autonomous Electric Vehicle Steering and Path-Following Control Systems | AbstractThis paper addresses the path following problem for autonomous Ackermann-like vehicle navigation. A control strategy that takes into account both kinodynamic and configuration space constraints of the vehicle, denoted as Traversability-Anchored Dynamic Path Following (TADPF) controller is presented. It ensures secure vehicle commands in presence of obstacles, based on traversability information given by a global navigation function. By additionally using a reference point on the global smooth path, the local vicinity path configuration with respect to the vehicle is taken explicitly into account to ensure smooth and stable path following. Furthermore, a previously developed Sliding Mode Path Following (SMPF) controller that results in fast convergence rate andlow path following error but which does not consider kinodynamic constraints, is augmented by the the kinodynamic and configuration space constraints check of the TADPF controller. The new proposed control strategy denoted as TADPF-SMPF controller thus combines advantageous characteristics of both original control strategies for path following, yielding inherent safety and vehicle dynamics margin. All three control strategies are verified in simulation, whereas the TADPF and TADPFSMPF path following schemes are also verified experimentally. | 2012 |
| EMP38 | Intelligent Traction Control Model for Speed Sensor Vehicles in Computer-Based Transit System | In this paper, a real-time intelligent traction control model for speed sensor vehicles in computer-based transit systems is proposed. Using the Bayesian decision theory, the model analyzes speed sensor data to learn and classify the train traction conditions (i.e., spin/slip, normal, and slide) that are required for studying vehicle motion patterns. The patterns are applied on the sensor input in real-time format to classify train traction and reduce the error/risk of classification that may cause service interruptions and incidents. The model can enable us to manage a number of state natures (i.e., spin/slip, normal, and slide), features (i.e., delta speed and train speed), and prior knowledge traction conditions. This model engine can be implemented in any programming language in onboard or embedded computers. As a result, the impact of noisy sensors (inaccurate data) and its delays in such a hard real-time control system is mitigated. This conceptual model is applied to a case study with promising results for target and simulation systems. | 2012 |
| EMP39 | Multiple-Target Tracking for Intelligent Headlights Control | AbstractIntelligent vehicle lighting systems aim at automatically regulate the headlights’ beam angle so as to illuminate as much of the road ahead as possible, while avoiding dazzling other drivers. A key component of such a system is a computer vision software able to distinguish blobs due to vehicles’ head and rear-lights from those originating from road lamps and reflective elements like poles and traffic signs. In a previous work, we have devised a set of specialized supervised classifiers to make such decisions based on blob features related to itsintensity and shape. Despite the overall good performance, there remain challenging cases not yet solved which hamper he adoption of such a system: notably, faint and tiny blobs corresponding to quite distant vehicles which disapear and reappear now and then. One reason for the errors in the classification is that it was carried out independently of other frames. Hence, we address the problem by tracking blobs in order to 1) obtain more feature measurements per blob along its track, 2) compute motion features, which we deem relevant for the classification and 3) enforce its temporal consistency. This paper focuses on the problem of constructing blob tracks, which is actually one of multiple target tracking, but under special conditions: we have to deal with frequent occlusions as well as blob splitings and mergings. We approach it in a novel way, by formulating the problem as a maximum a posteriori inference on a Markov random field. We present qualitative (in video form) and quantitative results which show that our new tracking method achieves good tracking results with regard to. | 2012 |
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| WIP01 | Environment monitoring and device control using ARM based Embedded Controlled Sensor Network | Abstract:This paper mainly deals with integrating the embedded technology in the Agriculture field. It is done using the Wireless Sensor Nodes (WSN) technology with the help of microcontroller. Wireless Sensor Nodes (WSN) has become very popular technology in the recent past years. This paper describes about the one of the enhancement which can be implemented in WSN system to increase the communication distance between the nodes. In this paper, we consider applications, where sensing data are generally collected at an intermediate node which in turn sends the data to mobile using GSM technology. | 2013 |
| WIP02 | Building a Smart Home System with WSN and Service Robot | AbstractSmart home environments have evolved to the point where everyday objects and devices at home can be networked to give the inhabitants new means to control them. Advances in digital electronics have enabled the development of small in size and communicate in short distances sensor nodes. They are low-cost, low-power and multifunctional. The sensor nodes consist of sensing, data processing, and communication components, leverage the idea of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) based on collaborative effort of a large number of nodes. There are a large number of researches dealing with WSN applications, but it is still possible to explore in WSN development and maintenance. This paper examines the possibility of integration WSN and the service robots into a smart home application. The service robots can be considered to be mobile nodes that provide additional sensorial information, improve/repair the connectivity and collect information from wireless sensor nodes. On the other hand, the WSN can be considered as an extension of the sensorial capabilities of the robots and it can provide a smart environment for the service robots. | 2013 |
| WIP03 | Wireless Surface Acoustic Wave Pressure and TemperatureSensor With Unique Identification Based on LiNbO3 | IntroductionPressure sensor developments using SAW principles can first be distinguished in terms of substrate materials used. The majority of developments have been done on quartz substrates partially driven by the quest for a passive, wireless tire pressure monitoring system. The advantage of using quartz is the availability of temperature compensated cuts and a good sensitivity to strain. Disadvantages are its bandwidth limitations and poor coupling coefficient | 2013 |
| WIP04 | Tour Planning for Mobile Data-Gathering Mechanisms in Wireless Sensor Networks | AbstractWireless Sensor Nodes (WSN) has become very popular technology in the recent past years. This paper describes about the one of the enhancement which can be implemented in WSN system to increase the communication distance between the nodes. In this paper, we consider applications, where sensing data are generally collected at a low rate and is not so delay sensitive that it can be accumulated into fixed-length data packets and uploaded once in a while. To provide a scalable data-gathering scheme for large-scale static sensor networks, we utilize mobile data collectors to gather data from sensors. | 2013 |
| WIP05 | Wireless Sensor Network Based Smart Home: Sensor Selection, Deployment and Monitoring | AbctractThe population of the elderly people is in a steady rise throughout the world, creating the need to increase the facilities for the care of the elderly. The life expectancy of a human has increased significantly over the past decade. This means that there are more elderly people living in the world today than they were 10–20 years ago. There are many people in our community, who because of age, infirmity, memory loss or impaired judgment can no longer be totally relied upon, are having pressure put on them to leave their home to stay in monitored environment and give up their precious independence.If they prefer to live alone they do however require constant monitoring so that medical help can be provided immediately in times of dire needs. Surely, with the technology of today, there is a better way for these people to resolve this problem, so that they can live independently, rather than being forced to live in a retirement village or old people’s home. Considerable research efforts have been focused towards in-home monitoring of people, often using wireless personal area networks. | 2013 |
| WIP06 | Zigbee-assisted Power Saving Management for Mobile Devices | WiFi transmission can consume much energy on energy-constrained mobile devices. To improve energy efficiency, the Power Saving Management (PSM) has been standardized and applied. The standard PSM, however, may not deliver satisfactory energy efficiency in many cases as the wakeup strategy adopted by it cannot adapt dynamically to traffic pattern changes. Motivated by the fact that it has been more and more popular for a mobile device to have both WiFi and other low-power wireless interfaces such as Bluetooth and ZigBee, we propose a ZigBee-assisted Power Saving Management (ZPSM) scheme, leveraging the ZigBee interface to wake up WiFi interface on demand to improve energy efficiency without violating delay requirements. The simulation and prototype-based experiment results have shown that ZPSM can save energy significantly without violating delay requirements in various scenarios. | 2013 |
| WIP07 | A Zigbee Sms Alert System With Trust Mechanism In Wireless Sensor Networks | AbstractWireless Sensor networks (WSN) are highly distributed networks of small, lightweight wireless nodes, deployed in large numbers to monitor the environment or system by measurement of physical parameters such as temperature, pressure or relative humidity. Building sensors has been made possible by the recent advances in micro – electro mechanical system (MEMS) technology. Trust between the sensor nodes is an important issue in wireless sensor network. Trust between the sensor nodes provides secure, reliable path for data packets and accurate alarm generation. | 2013 |
| WIP08 | Low Power Wireless Sensor Network for Building Monitoring | AbstractAnalysis of the stability of the building is a needed measurement process for all buildings in the cities. Periodic monitoring of the structure for such damage is therefore a key step in rationally planning the maintenance needed to guarantee an adequate level of safety and serviceability. However, in order for the installation of a permanently installed sensing system in buildings to be economically viable, the sensor modules must be wireless to reduce installation costs, must operate with a low power consumption to reduce servicing costs of replacing batteries, and use low cost sensors that can be mass produced such as MEMS sensors | 2013 |
| WIP09 | Optimal Demand Response Capacity of Automatic Lighting Control | AbstractDemand response programs seek to adjust the normal consumption patterns of electric power consumers in response to incentive payments that are offered by utility companies to induce lower consumption at peak hours or when the power system reliability is at risk. While prior studies have extensively studied the capacity of offering demand response in buildings by controlling the load at air conditioners, water heaters, and various home appliances, they lack to offer methods to also utilize the full demand response capacity of automatic lighting control systems. Since lighting systems consume a large amount of the total energy used in buildings, addressing this shortcoming is an important research problem. Therefore, in this paper, we propose to take a systematic optimization-based approach to assess demand response capacity of automatic lighting control systems in commercial and office buildings. | 2013 |
| WIP10 | A System for Automatic Notification and Severity Estimation of Automotive Accidents | AbstractDuring the last decades, the total number of vehicles in our roads has experienced a remarkable growth, making traffic density higher and increasing the drivers’ attention requirements. The immediate effect of this situation is the dramatic increase of traffic accidents on the road, representing a serious problem in most countries. To reduce this we need a proper system which can be implemented practically. So we have designed a v2v system or an ad-hoc system for quick information transfer among the vehicle. | 2013 |
| WIP11 | Passenger BUS Alert System for Easy Navigation of Blind | AbstractIn this project we propose a bus system using wireless sensor networks (WSNs).The blind people in the bus station is provided with a Zigbee unit which is recognized by the Zigbee in the bus and the indication is made in the bus that the blind people is present in the station. So the bus stops at the particular station. The desired bus that the blind want to take is notified to him with the help of speech recognition system. | 2013 |
| WIP12 | Electromyography Based Locomotion Pattern Recognition and Personal Positioning Toward Improved Context-Awareness Applications | AbstractThe population of the elderly people is in a steady rise throughout the world, creating the need to increase the facilities for the care of the elderly. The life expectancy of a human has increased significantly over the past decade. This means that there are more elderly people living in the world today than they were 10–20 years ago. There are many people in our community, who because of age, infirmity, memory loss or impaired judgment can no longer be totally relied upon, are having pressure put on them to leave their home to stay in monitored environment and give up their precious independence. The ubiquitous nature of miniature wireless sensors and rapid developments in the wireless network technology has revolutionized home monitoring and surveillance systems. The new means and methods of collecting data efficiently and have led to novel applications for indoor wireless sensor networks. The applications are not limited to solely monitoring but can be extended to behavioral recognition. This can be of great value with the elderly as it can allow anomalous behavior to be detected and corrective actions taken accordingly. | 2013 |
| WIP13 | Traffic Signal Control System Based on Wireless Technology | AbstractTraffic jam is one of the important problems in big cities, it not only lead people’s travel to inconvenience, but also damage the urban environment and increased traffic accident. Intelligent traffic control system is an effective measure to solve the problem of traffic jam. Intelligent traffic control system using high-tech make traditional traffic mode become more intelligent, more security, energy saving and high efficiency. But all these equipments need power wires and control wires to ensure that the control signal and energy from signal control machine, but all these wires are buried the ground, for this reason it caused inconvenience to upgrade and maintenance | 2013 |
| WIP14 | Remote Management and control System for LED Based Plant Factory Using Zig-Bee and Internet | AbstractRecently, intelligent systems for agricultural production are being developed for safe and low cost food production. Plant factory provide high yield by growing multiple crops and making efficient use of land and resources. Plant growth is facilitated by maintaining humidity, temperature, CO2 concentration and light intensity and these factors need to be monitored and maintained for an automated system.In this paper, we have proposed a control system for a LED based plant factory consisting of ZigBee wireless mesh network, and remote monitoring via Internet. Field sensors are installed for monitoring environmental conditions and power metering and ZigBee mesh network has been deployed for data acquisition from these sensors. ZigBee nodes transfer the field data to the coordinator node which also serves as a gateway node providing interoperability between TCP/IP network and ZigBee Wireless Sensor Network (WSN).A major novelty of the system is the use of LED lighting instead of fluorescent lighting due to its low power consumption, long life and useful narrow band. LED lighting system provides an efficient and economical lighting system that facilitates plant growth by varying light intensity and frequency according to light conditions and growing requirements and also helps in reducing production costs and speeding growth. Prototype of the proposed system has been installed in a small part of greenhouse. Data acquisition and remote management of the system has shown very satisfactory performance. | 2012 |
| WIP15 | A Wireless Surveillance and safety System for Mine workers based on Zig-Bee. | AbstractThis paper addresses a cost-effective, flexible solution of underground mine workers’ safety. A module of MEMS based sensors are used for underground environment monitoring and automating progression of measurement data through digital wireless communication technique is proposed with high accuracy, smooth control and reliability. A microcontroller is used for collecting data and making decision, based on which the mine worker is informed through alarm as well as voice system.The voice system with both microphone and speaker transforms into digital signal and effectively communicate wirelessly with the ground control centre computer. ZigBee, based on IEEE 802.15.4 standard is used for this short distance transmission between the hardware fitted with the mine worker and the ground control centre. | 2012 |
| WIP16 | Wireless Measurement System for Structural Health Monitoring With High Time Synchronization Accuracy | AbstractStructural health monitoring (SHM) systems have excellent potential to improve the regular operation and maintenance of structures. Wireless networks (WNs) have been used to avoid the high cost of traditional generic wired systems. The most important limitation of SHM wireless systems is time synchronization accuracy, scalability, and reliability. A complete wireless system for structural identification under environmental load is designed, implemented, deployed, and tested on three different real bridges. Our contribution ranges from the hardware to the graphical front end. System goal is to avoid the main limitations of WNs for SHM particularly in regard to reliability, scalability, and synchronization. We reduce spatial jitter to 125 ns, far below the 120 µs required for high-precision acquisition systems and much better than the 10-µs current solutions, without adding complexity.The system is scalable to a large number of nodes to allow for dense sensor coverage of real-world structures, only limited by a compromise between measurement length and mandatory time to obtain the final result. The system addresses a myriad of problems encountered in a real deployment under difficult conditions, rather than a simulation or laboratory test bed. | 2012 |
| WIP17 | Assessment of Sensing Fire Fighters Uniforms For Physiological Parameter Measurement In Harsh Environment | AbstractIn the last few years, much effort has been devoted to the development of wearable sensing systems able to monitor physiological, behavioral, and environmental parameters. Less has been done on the accurate testing and assessment of this instrumentation, especially when considering devices thought to be used in harsh environments by subjects or operators performing intense physical activities.This paper presents methodology and results of the evaluation of wearable physiological sensors under these conditions. The methodology has been applied to a specific textile-based prototype, aimed at the real-time monitoring of rescuers in emergency contexts, which has been developed within a European funded project called ProeTEX.Wearable sensor measurements have been compared with the ones of suitable gold standards through Bland–Altman statistical analysis: tests were realized in controlled environments simulating typical intervention conditions, with temperatures ranging from 20 ◦C to 45◦C and subjects performing mild to very intense activities.
This evaluation methodology demonstrated to be effective for the definition of the limits of use of wearable sensors. Furthermore, the ProeTEX prototype demonstrated to be reliable, since it produced negligible errors when used for up to 1 h in normal environmental temperature (20 ◦C and 35◦C) and up to 30 min in harsher environment (45 ◦C). This project uses regulated 5V, 750mA power supply. 7805 three terminal voltage regulator is used for voltage regulation. Bridge type full wave rectifier is used to rectify the ac output of secondary of 230/12V step down transformer. |
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| GG01 | Hajj Crowd Management and Navigation System | Abstract:Yearly there’s an influx of over three million Muslims to Makkah, Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj. As this large group of pilgrims move between the different religious sites safety and security becomes an issue of main concern. This research looks into the integration of different mobile technologies to serve the purpose of crowd management, people tracking and location based services. It explores the solution to track the movement of pilgrims via RFID technology. A location aware mobile solution will also be integrated into this. This will be made available to pilgrims with mobile phones to enhance the tracking of the pilgrims and provide them with location based services for Hajj. | 2013 |
| GG02 | ARM Hardware Platform for Vehicular Monitoring and Tracking | Abstract:Design of Vehicular monitoring and tracking system based on ARM using GSM and GPM is proposed. The vehicular module is used to track, monitor, and surveillance and finds the accident spot and intimate to the monitoring station. The proposed design provides information regarding vehicle Identity, speed, and position on real time basis. This information are collected by the ARM7 TDMI-S core processor LPC2148 by using different module and dispatch it to the monitoring station where it stores the information in database and display it on graphical user interface (GUI) that is user friendly. GUI is built on Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. This design provides information in real time using μc/OS-II | 2013 |
| GG03 | An Icing On-Line Monitoring System of Transmission Linesbased on WSN | AbstractThe transmission line is one of the important components in electrical power system, and its reliability and operational state are directly relevant to the safety of the system, likewise, it determines the quality and the stability of power supply. The snow-ice disaster is one of the natural calamities which have a serious influence on the safety of transmission line. Icing on transmission line may lead to the accidents such as transmission line overload, trip, conductor galloping, ice flashover of insulator string etc. Especially in 2008, the severe snowstorm in southern china caused the southern grid to heavy icing, which resulted in the fracture of the transmission line and the collapse and crack of the pole in multiple places, thus causing huge economic loss. | 2013 |
| GG04 | GSM Based Automatic Energy Meter Reading System with Instant Billing | The Household data automatically reading is significant in the process of power system information. It is also an urgent problem that power industries want to solve because the accuracy and real time of meter data copy affect the power system information level, management decisions, and economic benefits. Recently there have been many reports concerning the automatic meter reading. | 2013 |
| GG05 | A New Type of Automatic Alarming Device to Rescue Accident Injured in Time | Abstract:The motorcycle accident is a major public problem in many countries. Despite awareness campaign, this problem is still increasing due to rider’s poor behaviors such as speed driving, drunk driving, riding with no helmet protection, riding without sufficient sleep, etc. The numbers of death and disability are very high because of late assistance to people who got the accident. These cause huge social and economic burdens to people involved. Therefore, several research group and major motorcycle manufacturers including have developed safety devices to protect riders from accidental injuries. However, good safety device for motorcycle is difficult to implement and very expensive. | 2013 |
| GG06 | Energy management in an automated Solar powered irrigation system | Abstract:The projected population of India being 1500 million by 2050 and agriculture remaining as the primary source of livelihood in rural areas, the focus should be on the increase of productivity. Though our country claims to havedeveloped in terms of science and technology, erratic power supply or complete breakdown for hours together has almost become routine today. Solar power is being increasingly utilized worldwide as a renewable source of energy. India has huge untapped solar off-grid opportunities. This paper gives information about development procedure of an embedded system for Off-Grid irrigation system. The design projects on developing an intelligent controlled mechanism for best possible utilization of resources for irrigation. The farmer (user) can water the fields from any place using GSM technique which provides an acknowledgement message about the job status. The main advantage of this project is optimizing the power usage through water resource management and also saving government’s free subsidiary electricity. This proves an efficient and economy way of irrigation and this will automate the agriculture sector. | 2013 |
| GG07 | A Novel Approach to Implement Green Wave system and Detection of Stolen Vehicles | Abstract:In today’s world, traffic jams during rush hours is one of the major concerns. During rush hours, emergency vehicles like Ambulances, Police cars and Fire Brigade trucks get stuck in jams. Due to this, these emergency vehicles are not able to reach their destinations in time, resulting into a loss of human lives. We have developed a system which is used to provide clearance to any emergency vehicle by turning all the red lights to green on the path of the emergency vehicle, hence providing a complete green wave to the desired vehicle. In addition to the green wave path, the system will track a stolen vehicle when it passes through a traffic light. So, it is an autonomous 2-tier system which will help in the identification of emergency vehicles or any other desired vehicle. It is a novel system which can be used to implement the concept of the green wave. | 2013 |
| GG08 | Wireless Sensor Network For Multi-Storey Building: Design and Implementation | AbstractIn recent years, Wireless Sensor Network(WSN) is considered as a potential solution for home automation because of its reliability, low-cost, low-power consuming characteristics. Several researches have been carried out using WSN for home automation, however most studies have been experimented in small houses or in one storey of a building. There has been little discussion about design and implementation of WSN automation system in multi-storey buildings. This paper describes a practical design and implementation of WSN for controlling and monitoring system in multi-storey building. A building automation system using Micochip ZigBee WSN was developed and set up in the International University (IU) building for system evaluation. The performance results confirm that Micochip ZigBee WSN based home automation system is practically applicable in multi-storey building environment. | 2013 |
| GG09 | Certificate less Remote Anonymous Authentication Schemes for Wireless Body Area Networks | A WBAN offers many promising new applications in the area of remote health monitoring, home/health care, medicine, multimedia, sports and many other, all of which make advantage of the unconstrained freedom of movement a WBAN offers. In the medical field, for example, a patient can be equipped with a wireless body area network consisting of sensors that constantly measure specific biological functions, such as temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, electrocardiogram (ECG), respiration, etc. The advantage is that the patient doesn’t have to stay in bed, but can move freely across the room and even leave the hospital for a while. This improves the quality of life for the patient and reduces hospital costs. | 2013 |
| GG10 | Automated Control System for Air Pollution Detection inVehicles | Abstract :One of the major concerns regarding the environment is air pollution. Air pollution contributes to the green houses gases, which causes the green house effect, whose side effects are now well known to all of us after the findings about the hole in the ozone layer. Air pollution is not only harmful to the environment but, also to all other living beings on earth. Vehicles are one of the major contributors to air pollution apart from industries. The main pollutants from vehicles are the oxides of carbon and nitrogen, which can be easily detected these days with the help of semi conductor gas sensors. Therefore, in this paper an idea is suggested, which would be very helpful in reducing the amount of pollution from vehicles. | 2013 |
| GG11 | Energy management in an automated Solar powered irrigation system | he projected population of India being 1500 million by 2050 and agriculture remaining as the primary source of livelihood in rural areas, the focus should be on the increase of productivity. Though our country claims to have developed in terms of science and technology, erratic power supply or complete breakdown for hours together has almost become routine today. Solar power is being increasingly utilized worldwide as a renewable source of energy. India has huge untapped solar off-grid opportunities. This paper gives information about development procedure of an embedded system for Off-Grid irrigation system. The design projects on developing an intelligent controlled mechanism for best possible utilization of resources for irrigation. The farmer (user) can water the fields from any place using GSM technique which provides an acknowledgement message about the job status. The main advantage of this project is optimizing the power usage through water resource management and also saving government’s free subsidiary electricity. This proves an efficient and economy way of irrigation and this will automate the agriculture sector. | 2013 |
| GG12 | Online Monitoring of Geological CO2 Storage and Leakage Based on Wireless Sensor Networks | Atmospheric concentrations of the key greenhouse gas (GHG) carbon dioxide (CO2) well above pre-industrial levels constitute the main cause for the predicted rise at average surface temperature on Earth and the corresponding change of the global climate system. CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) is on the one hand an effective way to realize effective greenhouse gas storage, and on the other to improve oil and gas production. Many countries such as the United States, Japan, and Canada are in search of effective approaches for CO2 storage in either geological formations or ocean. However, once CO2 leaks from the storage reservoir, all the efforts human beings have made to fight global warming would be go down the drain. Therefore, what is in needed after the geological CO2 storage is long-term terrain monitoring of the greenhouse gas leakage, which is absolutely crucial to help ensure that geologic sequestration of CO2 is safe. For this reason, the development of remote online monitors system is of great significance to geological CO2 storage and leakage warning. | 2013 |
| GG13 | MultiSensor Railway Track Geometry Surviving System. | Linear variable differential transformers (LVDTs) and inclinometers are widely used in many industrial establishments, particularly in the metrology area. These sensors are used by many engineering disciplines because of their high-precision characteristics. In addition, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers and total stations are widely used in geodesy. Using GNSS receivers is very popular, particularly for navigational purposes. In this paper, a new railway track geometry surveying system, which is designed by integrating the LVDT, inclinometer, GNSS receiver, and total station, is introduced. This new surveying system is an alternative to classical geodetic measurement methods that are often used for controlling the railway track geometry. Track gauge, super-elevation, gradient, and track axis coordinates, which are railway geometrical parameters, can be instantly determined while making measurements by using the new surveying system. | 2012 |
| GG14 | Automatic Measurement and Reporting System of Water Quality Based on GSM | AbstractThe traditional method of water quality testing is to collect samples manually and then send them to laboratory for analysis. However, it has been unable to meet the demands of water quality monitoring today. So a set of automatic measurement and reporting system of water quality has been developed. The system consists of multiple sensors of water quality testing, single-chip microcontroller data acquisition module, information transmission module, monitoring center and other accessories. Various parameters of water quality are automatically detected under the control of single chip microcontroller all day. The single chip gets the data, and then processes and analyzes them.After that, the data are instantaneously sent to monitoring center by GSM network in the form of SMS. If the water quality is abnormal, the data will be sent to monitoring center and management’s mobile in the same way at the same time. It is convenient for management to take corresponding measures timely and be able to detect real-time situation of water quality remotely. The system has realized the automation of water quality monitoring, intelligence of data analyzing and networking of information transferring.It is characterized by advantages of shortcut, accuracy and using manpower and material resources sparingly. The system has widespread application value and can be extended and transplanted to other fields of automatic monitoring where needed. | 2012 |
| GG15 | Automatic Ambulance Rescue System. | AbstractTraffic congestion and tidal flow management were rec-ognized as major problems in modern urban areas, which have caused much thwarting for the ambulance. Moreover road accidents in the city have been incessant and to bar the loss of life due to the accidents is even more crucial. To im-plement this we introduce a scheme called AARS (Automat-ic ambulance rescue system). The main theme behind this scheme is to provide a smooth flow for the ambulance to reach the hospitals in time and thus minifying the expiration. The idea behind this scheme is to implement a ITS which would control mechanically the traffic lights in the path of the ambulance. The ambulance is controlled by the central unit which furnishes the most scant route to the ambulance and also controls the traffic light according to the ambulance location and thus reaching the hospital safely. The server also determines the location of the accident spot through the sensor systems in the vehicle which encountered the acci-dent and thus the server walks through the ambulance to the spot. This scheme is fully automated, thus it finds the acci-dent spot, controls the traffic lights, helping to reach the hospital in time.. | 2012 |
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| CEP01 | An Interactive RFID-based Bracelet for Airport Luggage Tracking System | Abstract :The Embedded Technology is now in its prime and the wealth of Knowledge available is mind-blowing. Embedded System is a combination of hardware and software. Embedded technology plays a major role in integrating the various functions associated with it. This needs to tie up the various sources of the Department in a closed loop system. This proposal greatly reduces the manpower, saves time and operates efficiently without human interference. This project puts forth the first step in achieving the desired target. With the advent in technology, the existing systems are developed to have in built intelligence. | 2013 |
| CEP02 | Prototype of an Underground Multi-Storied Automated Car Parking System | AbstractParking of cars in a parking area is becoming a difficult task as the number of cars increases when the parking space is limited. Hence, a person have to spend a certain amount of time looking for parking space and thus cause a situation where the traffic would be slowed down and results to congestion. Moreover, the information of available parking spaces is not readily available to the people looking for space to parking. The situation for finding the parking space and traffic congestion in parking areas are frequent. Different approaches have been used to develop a car park management system such as wireless sensor network system, a vision based system and the multi-storied parking system. | 2013 |
| CEP03 | High detection performance of non dispersive infrared CO2sensor using stair-tapered reflector | Abstract: With the appearance of super tall buildings and vast underground shopping malls, concerns about reductions in the indoor air quality caused by dense population have arisen. CO2 is often used as a measure of indoor air quality because an increase in its density causes a deficiency in the amount of oxygen needed for breathing. For this reason, CO2 is treated as a crucial air pollutant along with CO2. In addition, the massive volume of CO2 released into the atmosphere by a sharp acceleration of industrialization absorbs infrared (IR) radiation transmitted from the ground. This causes the greenhouse effect, the main suspect for global warming. | 2013 |
| CEP04 | Hybrid RFID System-based Pedestrian Localization: A Case Study | Abstract:The Embedded Technology is now in its prime and the wealth of Knowledge available is mind-blowing. Embedded System is a combination of hardware and software. Embedded technology plays a major role in integrating the various functions associated with it. This needs to tie up the various sources of the Department in a closed loop system. This proposal greatly reduces the manpower, saves time and operates efficiently without human interference. This project puts forth the first step in achieving the desired target. With the advent in technology, the existing systems are developed to have in built intelligence | 2013 |
| CEP05 | Intelligent Technologies for Self-Sustaining, RFID-Based Rural E-Health Systems | Abstract:Community-based healthcare is increasingly important for the well-being of inhabitants of emerging economies. The community model is needed partly because roads are less developed, limiting patients’ ability to commute from distant villages to central medical facilities. Also, developing countries have a large rural population base. Some estimates are that rural agriculture employs 75% of the population in developing countries. It is difficult at times for community- based healthcare workers in developing countries to access medical records of individual patients in the field if the records are maintained and stored at a central health facility. In some instances, individual patients must keep their own paper-based medical record and carry it with them to the central medical facility for follow up visits and treatment. This type of system can be unreliable, cumbersome, and susceptible to human errors. Consistent medical histories of individual patients can easily be lost leading to errors in diagnosis, medication, and treatment. At best, there are cost and efficiency implications. At worst, it could put people’s life at risk. In order to overcome some of these difficulties, a versatile central electronic medical record system that can be accessed by the community healthcare workers in the field could prove useful | 2013 |
| CEP06 | Prototype of a fingerprint based licensing system For driving | Abstract:To prevent non-licensees from driving and thereforecausing accidents, a new system is proposed. An important and very reliable human identification method is fingerprintidentification. Fingerprint identification is one of the most popular and reliable personal biometric identification methods. The proposed system consists of a smart card capable of storing the fingerprint of particular person. While issuing the license, the specific person’s fingerprint is to be stored in the card. Vehicles such as cars, bikes etc should have a card reader capable of reading the particular license. The same automobile should have the facility of fingerprint reader device. A person, who wishes to drive the vehicle, should insert the card (license) in the vehicle and then swipe his/her finger. If the finger print stored in the card and fingerprint swiped in the device matches, he/she can proceed for ignition, otherwise ignition will not work. Moreover, the seat belt detector verifies and then prompts the user to wear the seat belt before driving. This increases the security of vehicles and also ensures safe driving by preventing accidents. | 2013 |
| CEP07 | Automated Retail Store Based on RFID | Automatic retail store based on RFIDAbstractRadio Frequency identification, or RFID, is a generic term for technologies that are used for auto–identification of people or object using radio waves. In this technology a unique serial number is stored to identify a person or an object and other related information, on a microchip of silicon that is attached to an antenna which is in turn attached to a RFID reader also called as interrogator. The antenna enables the chip to transmit the identification information to e reader then the reader converts the radio waves reflected back from the RFID tag into digital information. | 2013 |
| CEP08 | Intelligent Parking System for Car Parking Guidance and Damage Notification | Abstract :The Embedded Technology is now in its prime and the wealth of Knowledge available is mind-blowing. Embedded System is a combination of hardware and software. Embedded technology plays a major role in integrating the various functions associated with it. This needs to tie up the various sources of the Department in a closed loop system. This proposal greatly reduces the manpower, saves time and operates efficiently without human interference. This project puts forth the first step in achieving the desired target. Due to the rise in the car accidents, the driver assistance system becomes an important technology in the automobile industry. In the IPS various sensors are mounted at the front, side, and rear parts of the vehicle for sensing obstacles around the vehicle | 2013 |
| CEP09 | An Open Traffic Light Control Model For Reducing Vehicles CO2 Emission Based On ETC Vehicles. | AbstractGlobal warming is a very serious problem which is becoming ever worse as the growth in the number of vehicles. This paper presents a real time traffic lights control scheme for reducing vehicles CO2 emissions. For the control aspects, some concerned with traffic lights control to minimize average intersection delays .Here we are using gas sensors(2) to detect co2 emissions while in traffic. Controller already programmed that where is co2 emission shows above the set value clear the road by putting green signal. A real time traffic lights control scheme was proposed for reducing vehicles CO2 emissions | 2012 |
| CEP10 | Design of Blood Pressure Measurement System for the aged | AbstractIn this paper we propose a design using a guiding system, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), IEEE 802.15.1 short-range wireless transmission technology and the Internet to fabricate a blood pressure measurement (BPM) which works in cooperation with a health management system. Our design has many advantages, including being easy to use by the aged, low cost and wireless connectivity.It allows the early detection of high blood pressure and provides a doctor with a means for observing a patient’s health over a long period. The guiding system provides video guide features for the measuring steps, reminds the patient of the measurement results and makes suggestions. We propose here a new design to determine the BPM posture in order to increase the BPM reliability1. | 2012 |
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| WEB01 | A CAN Bus based system for monitoring and fault diagnosis in Wind Turbine | Introduction:Wind is the movement of air from high pressure area to low pressure area caused by change in temperature within the atmosphere. Wind energy a kind of Green energy is utilized because of development in technologies, low cost renewable energy nowadays. Using such wind energy a turbine is allowed to rotate and electricity is generated. Wind turbine is a rotating mechanical device that converts wind energy in to mechanical energy resulting in the production of electricity. | 2013 |
| WEB02 | Intelligent Fish Disease Diagnostic System Based on SMS Platform | Introduction:Frequent occurrence of fish diseases is one important factor of aquaculture industry. The occurrence of diseases has also caused a decline in the quality of aquatic products, and food safety, environmental degradation of fishing waters, function degradation and ecological imbalance and other issues. To solve the conflicts between frequent occurrence of fish diseases and the lack of experts in the field, reduce economic losses caused by disease, to achieve diagnosis timely, and prevent fish diseases timely, this system is developed so that a step forward will be made in fish disease diagnosis from relying on the experience prevention to scientific prevention. | 2013 |
| WEB03 | Location-Aware and Safer Cards: Enhancing RFID Security and Privacy via Location Sensing | Introduction:Low cost, small size and the ability of allowing computerized identification of objects make Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) systems increasingly ubiquitous in both public and private domains. Prominent RFID applications supply chain management (inventory control), e-passports, credit cards, driver’s licenses, vehicle systems (toll collection or car key), access cards (building, parking or public transport) , and medical implants NFC, or Near Field Communication , is yet another upcoming RFID technology that allows devices, such as smart phones, to have both RFID tag and reader functionality. In particular, the use of NFC-equipped mobile devices as payment tokens (such as Google Wallet) is considered to be the next generation payment system and the latest buzz in the financial industry. | 2013 |
| WEB04 | A Wireless Sensor Network for Greenhouse Climate Control | Introduction:Wireless sensor networks are an important pervasive computing Technology invading our environment. ZigBee and ZigBee-like standard-based WSN products and systems are now available to suit a variety of applications, including environment monitoring, precision agriculture, home and building automation, healthcare, traffic management and so on. WSNs are also gaining importance in controlled environmental agriculture technology, especially in greenhouse horticulture, because they offer wireless and flexible installation and reliable operation. | 2013 |
| WEB05 | Towards the Implementation of LOT for Environmental Condition Monitoring in Homes | Introduction: With the advancements in Internet technologies and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), a new trend in the era of ubiquity is being realized. Enormous increase in users of Internet and modifications on the internetworking technologies enable networking of everyday objects. “Internet of Things (IoT)” is all about physical items talking to each other, machine-to-machine communications and person-to-computer communications will be extended to “things”. Key technologies that will drive the future IoT will be related to Smart sensor technologies including WSN, Nanotechnology and Miniaturization. | 2013 |
| WEB06 | Power-Aware Cloud Metering | Introduction:The Cloud computing paradigm has gained momentum owing to the development of virtualization technology. Virtualization is the process of creating virtual copies of resources that can be deployed over a physical server. The tangible unit of cloud service, a cloud instance, is a virtual machine (VM)deployed over the infrastructure. Cloud computing provides for availing a set of computing resources suchas compute power, network, memory and storage spaceover the Internet by individuals or organizations for a fee. These services are hosted in large-scale data centers by service providers and are sold on demand, both in terms of duration and quantity. In this paper we describe a power-aware metering mechanism for cloud services. This approach caters to the need for a dynamic pay-per-use model in the cloud environment based on real-time pricing of electricity. | 2013 |
| WEB07 | Design and Implementation of a Web-Service-Based Public-Oriented Personalized Health Care Platform | AbstractThe use of information technology and management systems for the betterment of health care is more and more important and popular. However, existing efforts mainly focus on informatization of hospitals or medical institutions with in the organizations, and few are directly oriented to the patients, their families, and other ordinary people. The strong demand for various medical and public health care services from customer’s calls for the creation of powerful individual-oriented personalized health care service systems. Service computing and related technologies can greatly help one in fulfilling this task. In this paper, we present PHISP: a Public-oriented Health care Information Service Platform, which is based on such technologies. It can support numerous health care tasks, provide individuals with many intelligent and personalized services, and support basic remote health care and guardianship. | 2013 |
| WEB08 | A Protocol Stack Design And Implementation Of Wireless Sensor Network For Emerging Application | Introduction: This paper describes the design and development of protocol stack for wireless sensor networks for deployment in remote area and emerging applications such as precision agriculture pollution monitoring, wild life studies etc. The real time monitoring system is based on ARM-7 LPC2129 along with its associated input/output interfaces and Zigbee for wireless connectivity. The monitored parameters are stored in a database for on-line and off-line analysis as well as decision support on web based method. The developed system was tested at laboratory and results are encouraging. | 2013 |
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| EBP01 | An Optimal Power Scheduling Method for Demand Responsein Home Energy Management System | Abstract:In this paper, we first introduce a general architecture of energy management system (EMS) in a home area network (HAN) based on the smart grid and then propose an efficient scheduling method for home power usage. The home gateway (HG) receives the demand response (DR) information indicating the real-time electricity price that is transferred to an energy management controller (EMC). With the DR, the EMC achieves an optimal power scheduling scheme that can be delivered to each electric appliance by the HG. Accordingly, all appliances in the home operate automatically in the most cost-effective way. | 2013 |
| EBP02 | Management of Mechanical Vibration and Temperature in Small Wind Turbines Using Zigbee Wireless Network | Abstract:This paper presents the development of a methodology to manage the mechanic vibration and temperature from Wind Turbine. The objective is propose a new diagnostic and protection tool through analysis and monitoring signals of vibration and temperature from wind turbines, aiming predict a need of preventive maintenance and mostly avoids catastrophic failures. A wireless transmission system using technology Zigbee. The software of User friendly interface will have the functionality plus online display of received data also the possibility of storing and reporting data rates of vibration and temperature obtained during monitoring | 2013 |
| EBP03 | Intelligent Household LED Lighting System Considering Energy Efficiency and User Satisfaction | Abstract:Saving energy has become one of the most important issues these days. The most waste of energy is caused by the inefficient use of the consumer electronics. Particularly, a light accounts for a great part of the total energy consumption. Various light control systems are introduced in current markets, because the installed lighting systems are outdated and energy-inefficient. However, due to architectural limitations, the existing light control systems cannot be successfully applied to home and office buildings. Therefore, this paper proposes an intelligent household LED lighting system considering energy efficiency and user satisfaction. The proposed system utilizes multi sensors and wireless communication technology in order to control an LED light according to the user’s state and the surroundings. The proposed LED lighting system can autonomously adjust the minimum light intensity value to enhance both energy efficiency and user satisfaction. We designed and implemented the proposed system in the test bed and measured total power consumption to verify the performance. | 2013 |
| EBP04 | Model Predictive and Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimizationof Residential Temperature Control in the Presence of Time-Varying Electricity Prices | Abstract:This paper presents an optimal control algorithm for residential temperature regulation. The combination of concepts from system identification, model-predictive control, and genetic algorithms result in an optimization methodology capable of achieving an acceptable compromise between comfort and cost in the presence of constant as well as time-varying electricity prices. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed approach has the potential to achieve substantial energy savings and cost reductions while maintaining acceptable comfort levels with minimal consumer participation. | 2013 |
| EBP05 | Crack Depth Estimation by Using a Multi-Frequency ECT Method | Abstract:In this paper, a novel measurement method able to improve the characterization of the crack depth is proposed. It is based on the use of a suitable multi-frequency excitation signals and of digital signal processing algorithms. Tests carried out in an emulation environment have shown the applicability of the method and have allowed the tuning of the measurement algorithm. Tests carried out in a real environment confirm the goodness of the proposal. | 2013 |
| EBP06 | Speed Control of Electrical Drives Using Classical Control Methods | Abstract:This paper presents Perhaps speed control of electrical drives. The reasons for this interest—despite that the mechanical dynamics are only first order—are, most likely, that the dynamics may be nonlinear and/or time varying and that it often is essential to gain both good speed-reference tracking and good load-torque rejection. The latter two objectives cannot both be met with a standard one-degree-of-freedom (1DOF) proportional (P)–integral (PI) controller. An enhancement is to employ two-degreeof- freedom (2DOF) PI control e.g., the so-called integral–P (IP) control. Alternative methods include the usage of a phase-locked loop, auto-disturbance rejection, load-torque estimation and feed forward, and adaptive techniques. Various nonlinear methods, including fuzzy logic, neural networks, and sliding mode (variable structure) control, have also been proposed. Reference offers a comparison of PI and fuzzy speed control. | 2013 |
| EBP07 | Green Charge: Managing Renewable Energy in Smart Buildings | Abstract:This paper describes about the management of renewable energy in household buildings. Distributed energy generation is one of the methods that reduces energy transmission wastages. And it also reduces the usage of grid supply. Thereby reducing the cost of energy usage. Distributed energy generation is implemented by using more than one energy source capable of supplying the load separately. The major disadvantage of distributed generation since the energy source that are being used in distributed generation can supply the load for a particular amount of time. For example, wind energy can be supplied only at times when the wind flows in the area where the wind turbine located. | 2013 |
| EBP08 | Remote-Control System of High Efficiency and Intelligent Street Lighting Using a Zigbee Network of Devices and Sensors | Abstract:The proposed remote-control system can optimize management and efficiency of street lighting systems. It uses Zigbee-based wireless devices which enable more efficient street lamp-system management, thanks to an advanced interface and control architecture. It uses a sensor combination to control and guarantee the desired system parameters: the information is transferred point by point using Zigbee transmitters and receivers and is sent to a control terminal used to check the state of the street lamps and to take appropriate measures in case of failure. | 2013 |
| EBP09 | The Wireless Transmission Design of a Novel Electronic Current Transformer | Abstract:This study presents a novel electronic current transformer (ECT), which is based on the Hall current transformer (HCT), and a wireless transmission system. The novel ECT is aimed to be used in both measuring and protective current transformers, and the design of the wireless communication makes ECTs more flexible for current measurements at different current levels in power systems. The novel ECT can be separated into three main circuits, including sensing circuit, analog-to-digital conversion circuit, and wireless circuit. | 2013 |
| EBP10 | Uncertainty-Aware Household Appliance Scheduling Considering Dynamic Electricity Pricing in Smart Home | Abstract:In this paper, a new demand side management technique, namely, a new energy efficient scheduling algorithm is proposed to arrange the household appliances for operation such that the monetary expense of a customer is minimized based on the time-varying pricing model. The proposed algorithm takes into account the uncertainties in household appliance operation time and intermittent renewable generation. Compared to a traditional scheduling scheme which models typical household appliance operations in the traditional home scenario, the proposed deterministic linear programming based scheduling scheme achieves up to 45% monetary expense reduction, and the proposed stochastic design scheme achieves up to 41% monetary expense reduction. | 2013 |
| EBP11 | Embedded System In to a Wireless Sensor Network for Online Dynamic Torque and Efficiency Monitoring in Induction Motor. | Abstract:Embedded system debugging involves more conceptual layers of a target system than debugging for time-sharing systems. Consider the case of debugging a C program within a time-sharing system. User-debugger interaction occurs almost entirely at a C language level of abstraction. Descent into assembly language and machine code representations of a target program is rare. Suspicions about a compiler bug may require inspection of generated assembly code. | 2012 |
| EBP12 | Optimal Power Management of Residential Customers in The Smart Grid | Abstract:Recently intensive efforts have been made on the transformation of the world’s largest physical system, the power grid, into a “smart grid” by incorporating extensive information and communication infrastructures. Key features in such a “smart grid” include high penetration of renewable and distributed energy sources, large-scale energy storage, market-based online electricity pricing, and widespread demand response programs. From the perspective of residential customers, we can investigate how to minimize the expected electricity cost with real-time electricity pricing, which is the focus of this paper. By jointly considering energy storage, local distributed generation such as photovoltaic (PV) modules or small wind turbines, and inelastic or elastic energy demands, we mathematically formulate this problem as a stochastic optimization problem and approximately solve it by using the Lyapunov optimization approach. From the theoretical analysis, we have also found a good tradeoff between cost saving and storage capacity. A salient feature of our proposed approach is that it can operate without any future knowledge on the related stochastic models (e.g., the distribution) and is easy to implement in real time. We have also evaluated our proposed solution with practical data sets and validated its effectiveness. | 2012 |
| EBP13 | Design and Implementation of a ZigBee-Based wireless Automatic Meter Reading System | Abstract:Along with the continuous complexity of power system, how to measure the operating data of large substation in real time accurately and safely is a fairly difficult problem. Aimed at such a problem, this paper presents the design and implementation of a novel system for automatic-detection and auto-control based on BIOS-ARM7SEP4020 development board BIOS, chip CC2420 as ZigBee-based RF communication and GPRS technology. Via this system, it is able to calculate the operating data, do the DFT and seize unexpected errors by analyzing changes of the harmonic component or the frequency. This system supports a basic warning device, and can automatically control output signals. Meanwhile, this system has following characteristics: high sensitivity, low cost, wireless communication, visual touch screen operation options, online supervision and intelligent control, thus, this system has a significant applied value in practice. | 2012 |
| EBP14 | Real-time Household Load Priority Scheduling Algorithm Based on Prediction of Renewable Source Availability | Abstract:We propose a real-time household load priority scheduling algorithm based on renewable source availability prediction to maximize the benefits of renewable sources and minimize the total cost of energy consumption with consumers’ comfort constraints. Home appliances are assigned dynamic priority according to their different energy consumption modes and their corresponding status. Hour-byhour weather forecast is considered to predict the availability of the renewable sources. Based on the allocated priority, home appliances are scheduled according to the predicted output of renewable sources and the forecast electricity market price. In addition, to effectively schedule appliances according to the real-time output of renewable sources and the electricity market price changes, which generally deviate from the corresponding forecasting, an algorithm for realtime household load scheduling is proposed and its benefits on cost and energy efficiency are discussed as well. | 2012 |
| EBP15 | Sensor Network Based Oil Well Health Monitoring and Intelligent Control | Abstract:Most oil pumping units (OPUs) have been using manual control in the oilfield. This existing oil-pumping system, a high power-consuming process, has the incapability of OPU’s structural health monitoring. In this paper, a sensor network based intelligent control is proposed for power economy and efficient oilwell health monitoring. The proposed sensor network consists of three-level sensors: (1) several types of basic sensors, such as load sensor, angular sensor, voltage sensor, current sensor and oil pressure sensor, which are the first level sensors (FLS), are used for oilwell data sensing; (2) our developed intelligent sensors (IS), which belong to the second level sensor, are designed mainly for an oilwell’s data elementary processing, main fault alarm/indication, typical data storage/indication, data/status transmission up to the third level sensor (TLS), data/status transmission between IS, and command transmission down to the OPU motor; and (3) our developed software-defined (SD) control centers with an embedded database, i.e., the TLS, are designed for hundreds of oilwells data storage/management, data processing, malfunction detection, malfunction alarm/indication, stroke-adjustment command transmission down to a specific IS for power economy and the malfunction report to the maintenance staff via global system for mobile communications (GSM) short message service (SMS). Experiment results at the Chinese Petroleum’s Changqing Oilfield demonstrate our proposed sensor network based system. | 2012 |
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| BMP01 | Magneto-elastic Sensors for the Detections of Pulse Waves | Abstract:This Project describes about the Arterial pulse is known since ancient times as a fundamental sign of life, its changes being associated with health changes and disease. The plethysmography (i.e., the determination of the variation in size of a body part due to fluctuations in the amount of air or blood) is the basic method for noninvasive clinical measurement of the arterial pulse. At the skin level, the size fluctuations are determined by the systemic arterial pressure pulse, generated when the blood is ejected from the left ventricle in the arterial system. The pulse waveform and pulse wave velocity can provide valuable information about heart rate and blood vessel health. A new type of sensor with high capability for arterial pulse wave detection is proposed by this paper. | 2013 |
| BMP02 | Experimental Investigation of the Roles of Blood Volume and Density in Finger Photoplethysmography | Abstract:This paper introduces a new method of Finger Photoplethysmography which defines the Blood volume. Health monitoring is crucial for the survival of the ill and fragile people admitted at the intensive care unit (ICU) in a hospital. Using simultaneous photoplethysmogram (PPG) and pulse transducer signals from the same finger, a high correlation is obtained between the AC part of the PPG and estimated volume changes (after normalization). These results point to the fact that in the resting fingertip, PPG signal variations are only due to volume changes and that blood density does not change thus has no contribution. is a simple and low cost method to assess cardiovascular related parameters such as heart rate, pulse transit time and blood oxygen saturation. | 2013 |
| BMP03 | An In-home Medication Management Solution Based on Intelligent Packaging and Ubiquitous Sensing | Abstract:This paper presents, Pervasive healthcare has been recognized to be the next generation form of healthcare, and distributed, patient-centric and self-managed care is emphasized as an alternative to the traditional hospitalized, staff-centric and professional-managed care. Many projects and initiatives have been devoted in this strategic and promising area. Unfortunately, the concern to prescription medication noncompliance, which is a basic form of self-managed care, is not sufficient in these research activities. A frequently cited fact is: medication noncompliance costs the United States healthcare system up to $100 billion per year, and it is the cause of approximately 11% of US annual hospitalizations. It has been proven that, for the 4 most drug-spending chronic conditions (diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and congestive heart failure), hospitalization rates are significantly lower for patients with higher medication compliance. | 2013 |
| BMP04 | Pervasive Assessment of Motor Function: A Lightweight Grip Strength Tracking System | Abstract:This paper introduces a lightweight and inexpensive handgrip device that collects multi-dimensional sensory data associated with motor characteristics of individuals with upper limb deficits. Furthermore, a data analytic framework with associated algorithms for individuals’ ailment classification, disease severity quantification, and specification of physical symptoms is discussed. The effectiveness of the proposed movement performance assessment framework is demonstrated through a dataset gathered in a clinical trial performed at St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles, USA. Furthermore, medical treatments available for movement disorders are typically a combination of medication, surgical operation, and rehabilitation. These treatments are often evaluated by measuring the motor performance of the patients before and after the specific service (e.g., surgery), again, based on human observations | 2013 |
| BMP05 | Wireless Recording Systems: From Noninvasive EEG-NIRS toInvasive EEG Devices | Abstract :This paper presents about the Human brain signal recording is important for both research purposes and assessment of various neurological disorders. For example, EEG is the current method of choice to visualize abnormal epileptiform discharges in patients with epilepsy. Continuous EEG monitoring is commonly used for the diagnosis and monitoring of convulsive or non-convulsive status epilepticus and assessment of ongoing therapy for the treatment of seizures in such patients. Some patients may benefit from epilepsy surgery if the epileptogenic zone (EZ) can be identified and resected without harm. There are two steps for epileptogenic zone localization: a) noninvasive and b) invasive brain signal monitoring. The noninvasive monitoring can roughly estimate seizure activation region. Moreover, due to the limited spatial or temporal resolution of currently available noninvasive localization techniques, accurate delineation of the EZ may sometimes be arduous, particularly with non-lesional refractory epilepsy. Long-term invasive monitoring, over 2–3 weeks, are performed in epilepsy centers to record seizures in order to delineate the area of seizure onset for curative resection and low-noise preamplifiers would be beneficiary for this application. | 2013 |
| BMP06 | Wavelet Based ECG Steganography for Protecting Patient Confidential Information in Point-of-Care Systems | Abstract:This paper presents, number of elderly patients is increasing dramatically due to the recent medical advancements. Accordingly, to reduce the medical labor cost, the use of remote healthcare monitoring systems and Point-of-Care (PoC) technologies have become popular . Monitoring patients at their home can drastically reduce the increasing traffic at hospitals and medical centres. However, Remote health care systems are used in large geographical areas essentially for monitoring purposes, and, the Internet represents the main communication channel used to exchange information. Typically, patient biological signals and other physiological readings are collected using body sensors. Next, the collected signals are sent to the patient PDA device for further processing or diagnoses. Finally, the signals and patient confidential information as well as diagnoses report or any urgent alerts are sent to the central hospital servers via the Internet. Doctors can check those biomedical signals and possibly make a decision in case of an emergency from anywhere using any device | 2013 |
| BMP07 | Bluetooth Electrocardiogram | Abstract:The paper presents, the most cases of heart disease in India manifested after the age of 70: however, over the past seven to eight years, heart disease has emerged as a major cause of death in urban as well as in rural areas, killing people as young as 25. Most of these people, especially in rural areas of India, do not know they have a cardiovascular disease (CVD) because access to testing facilities is not widely available. Another problem in India is the lack of cardiologists in many cities to treat patients once they have developed heart disease. | 2013 |
| BMP08 | A Pervasive Health System Integrating Patient Monitoring, Status Logging, and Social Sharing | Abstract:This paper presents, about the Pervasive health systems concern the provision of healthcare services to anyone, anytime, and anywhere by removing location, time and other restraints, while increasing both their coverage and quality. Lately, a number of such systems and tools have been demonstrated, focusing particularly on health monitoring and information management by the patient himself/herself. This notion of “self-management” has been associated with efficient disease management, enhancing the patient’s role and participation in healthcare services delivery. The patients’ central role in the management of their health has been indicated by a number of educational programs aiming to provide them with skills and knowledge, in order to cope with their diseases. Especially, chronic patients may be benefited from self-management activities, in terms of understanding better their disease, enhancing their communication with their doctor, increasing their self-confidence, and so forth. | 2013 |
| BMP09 | Development of a Wireless Sensor for the Measurement of Chicken Blood Flow Using the Laser Doppler Blood Flow Meter Technique | AbstractThis work presents a common practice to measure human health information such as blood pressure, heart rate, and electrocardiogram (ECG) to detect health problems. This information is also utilized to define standards of human health. Motivated by these broad and important applications, we developed a sensor based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) techniques using laser Doppler flowmetry(LDF) as a noninvasive method of measuring blood flow. The MEMS-LDFsensor is equipped with an integrated laser Doppler blood flow meter, as suggested by Kimura. The sensor size is approximately 3mm2 and the use of MEMS enables dramatically reduced power consumption. In studying blood flow data, we found strong evidence that blood flow is related to biomedical signals in humans, such as sympathetic and parasympathetic-related feelings, emotions, and drowsiness. | 2013 |
| BMP10 | A Framework for Daily Activity Monitoring and Fall Detection Based on Surface Electromyography and Accelerometer Signals | AbstractAs an essential branch of context awareness, activity awareness, especially daily activity monitoring and fall detection, is important to healthcare for the elderly and patients with chronic diseases. In this paper, a framework for activity awareness using surface electromyography and accelerometer (ACC) signals is proposed. First, histogram negative entropy was employed to determine the start- and end-points of static and dynamic active segments. Then, the angle of each ACC axis was calculated to indicate body postures, which assisted with sorting dynamic activities into two categories: dynamic gait activities and dynamic transition ones, by judging whether the pre- and post-postures are both standing. Next, the dynamic gait activities were identified by the double-stream hidden Markov models. Besides, the dynamic transition activities were distinguished into normal transition activities and falls by resultant ACC amplitude. Finally, a continuous daily activity monitoring and fall detection scheme was performed with the recognition accuracy over 98%, demonstrating the excellent fall detection performance and the great feasibility of the proposed method in daily activities awareness. | 2013 |
| BMP11 | Multivariate Prediction of Subcutaneous Glucose Concentration in Type 1 Diabetes Patients Based on Support Vector Regression | Abstract:This paper presents, the homeostatic regulation of glucose concentration in the blood stream is primarily controlled by the action of two pancreatic hormones, insulin and glucagon. Type 1 diabetes is caused by a cellular-mediated autoimmune destruction of the β-cells in the pancreas leading to absolute deficiency of insulin secretion and, consequently, to elevated blood glucose concentration. The chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes is associated with long-term microvascular(diabetic neuropathy, nephropathy, and retinopathy) and macrovascular complications (coronary artery disease, peripheral arterial disease, and stroke), rendering diabetes as a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Patients on IIS are more likely to experience hypoglycemia: however this side effect can be mitigated by self-monitoring their blood glucose frequently throughout the day. | 2013 |
| BMP12 | A Minimally Invasive Implantable Wireless Pressure Sensor for Continuous IOP Monitoring | AbstractThis paper presents, the second leading cause of blindness, is most accurately defined as a collection of diseases that have in common, damage to the optic nerve and loss of visual field with increased intraocular pressure (IOP) being the primary risk factor. According to National Institutes of Health (NIH) approximately 120 000 Americans are blind from glaucoma which accounts for 9–12% of all cases of blindness in the U.S.Worldwide 79.6 million people are expected to suffer from glaucoma by 2020 increasing from 60.5 million in 2010. Although there are treatments available, there is a need to develop improved diagnostic and therapeutic techniques to fight this disease. Increased IOP is one of the primary factors used to diagnose glaucoma and is also a clinically significant risk factor for its progression. Goldmann tonometry performed during the office visit is considered to be the gold standard for the measurement of IOP. However, given that IOP fluctuates over time, a single office visit gives only a snapshot of what the true IOP is between measurements, which is often weeks or months depending on the patient. | 2013 |
| BMP13 | Brain Computer Interface-Based Smart Living Environmental Auto-Adjustment Control System in Upnp Home Networking | AbstractA brain computer interface-based smart living environmental auto-adjustment control system (BSLEACS) is proposed in this paper. Recently, many environmental control systems have been proposed to improve human quality of life.However, little research has focused on environmental control directly using the human physiological state. Based on the advantage of our technique on brain computer interface (BCI), we integrated the BCI technique with universal plug and play (UPnP) home networking for smart house applications. BSLEACS mainly consists of a wireless physiological signal acquisition module, an embedded signal processing module, a simple control protocol/power line communication environmental controller, and a host system. Here, the physiological signal acquisition module and embedded signal processing module were designed for long-term electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring and backend analysis, respectively.The advantages of low power consumption and small volume of the above modules are suitable for smart house applications in daily life. Moreover, different from other BCI systems, the property of using only a single EEG channel to monitor cognitive state also makes BSLEACS become more practicable. BSLEACS has been verified in a practical demo room, and the environmental adjustment can be automatically controlled by the change of the user’s cognitive state. BSLEACS provides a novel system prototype for environmental control, and can be simply extended and integrated with the UPnP home networking for other applications | 2012 |
| BMP14 | A Zigbee Based Wearable Physiological Parameters Monitoring System. | AbstractWearable physiological monitoring system consists of an array of sensors embedded into the fabric of the wearer to continuously monitor the physiological parameters and transmit wireless to a remote monitoring station. At the remote monitoring station the data is correlated to study the overall health status of the wearer. In the conventional wearable physiological monitoring system, the sensors are integrated at specific locations on the vest and are interconnected to the wearable data acquisition hardware by wires woven into the fabric. The drawbacks associated with these systems are the cables woven in the fabric pickup noise such as power line interference and signals from nearby radiating sources and thereby corrupting the physiological signals. Also repositioning the sensors in the fabric is difficult once integrated. The problems can be overcome by the use of physiological sensors with miniaturized electronics to condition, process, digitize and wireless transmission integrated into the single module. These sensors are strategically placed at various locations on the vest. Number of sensors integrated into the fabric form a network (Personal Area Network) and interacts with the human system to acquire and transmit the physiological data to a wearable data acquisition system. The wearable data acquisition hardware collects the data from various sensors and transmits the processed data to the remote monitoring station. The paper discusses wireless sensor network and its application to wearable physiological monitoring and its applications. Also the problems associated with conventional wearable physiological monitoring are discussed. | 2012 |