Piaggio为摩托车安全开发新的传感器技术2021年8月5日,总部位于波士顿的机器人公司Piaggio Fast Forward(PFF)开发了新的传感器模块,不仅用于消费和商业机器人,也可用于小型踏板车和摩托车。该模块可在所有环境和照明条件下提供强大的...Piaggio为摩托车安全开发新的传感器技术2021年8月5日,总部位于波士顿的机器人公司Piaggio Fast Forward(PFF)开发了新的传感器模块,不仅用于消费和商业机器人,也可用于小型踏板车和摩托车。该模块可在所有环境和照明条件下提供强大的监测。PFF为Piaggio集团摩托车高级骑手辅助系统(ARAS)的大规模生产开发制造和供应完整的传感器包。展开更多
A wireless body area network (WBAN) allows integration of low power, invasive or noninvasive miniaturized sensors around a human body. WBAN is expected to become a basic infrastructure element for human health monitor...A wireless body area network (WBAN) allows integration of low power, invasive or noninvasive miniaturized sensors around a human body. WBAN is expected to become a basic infrastructure element for human health monitoring. The Task Group 6 of IEEE 802.15 is formed to address specific needs of body area network. It defines a medium access control layer that supports various physical layers. In this work, we analyze the efficiency of simple slotted ALOHA scheme, and then propose a novel allocation scheme that controls the random access period and packet transmission probability to optimize channel efficiency. NS-2 simulations have been carried out to evaluate its performance. The simulation results demonstrate significant performance improvement in latency and throughput using the proposed MAC algorithm.展开更多
The aim was to experimentally evaluate the antioxidant capacity of different types of bread and of the relative flour used for bread production utilizing a superoxide dismutase (SOD) biosensor recently developed by ...The aim was to experimentally evaluate the antioxidant capacity of different types of bread and of the relative flour used for bread production utilizing a superoxide dismutase (SOD) biosensor recently developed by the present authors. Measurements were carried out by comparing the biosensor response to the concentration of superoxide radical produced in solution using a xanthine/xanthine oxidase system in the presence and in the absence of the antioxidant sample considered, respectively. Precision of antioxidant capacity measures for crust and crumb of the different breads was found to be good (RS D% ≤ 8%) and acceptable for the watery suspension and filtrate of the different flours studied (RSD% ≤ 12%). The obtained results indicated that general flours show higher antioxidant capacity values than the corresponding breads and that crusts show always an antioxidant capacity definitely larger than the crumb. Lastly, the antioxidant capacity values were compared with those of almond, red pepper and strawberry, three foods containing powerful natural antioxidants.展开更多
The principle of miniature isolated solid-state encapsulation technology of high-temperature pressure sensor and the structure of packaging are discussed, including static electricity bonding, stainless steel diaphrag...The principle of miniature isolated solid-state encapsulation technology of high-temperature pressure sensor and the structure of packaging are discussed, including static electricity bonding, stainless steel diaphragm selection and rippled design, laser welding, silicon oil infilling, isolation and other techniques used in sensor packaging, which can affect the performance of the sensor. By adopting stainless steel diaphragm and high-temperature silicon oil as isolation materials, not only the encapsulation of the sensor is as small as 15 mm in diameter and under 1 mA drive, its full range output is 72 mV and zero stability is 0.48% F.S/mon, but also the reliability of the sensor is improved and its application is widely broadened.展开更多
Wireless sensor network (WSN) requires robust and efficient communication protocols to minimise delay and save energy. The lifetime of WSN can be maximised by selecting proper medium access control (MAC) scheme de...Wireless sensor network (WSN) requires robust and efficient communication protocols to minimise delay and save energy. The lifetime of WSN can be maximised by selecting proper medium access control (MAC) scheme depending on the contention level of the network. The throughput of WSN however reduces due to channel fading effects even with the proper design of MAC protocol. Hence this paper proposes a new MAC scheme for enabling packet transmission using cooperative multi-input multi-output (MIMO) utilising space time codes(STC) such as space time block code (STBC), space time trellis code (STTC) to achieve higher energy savings and lower delay by allowing nodes to transmit and receive information jointly. The performance of the proposed MAC protocol is evaluated in terms of transmission error probability, energy consumption and delay. Simulation results show that the proposed cooperative MIMO MAC protocol provides reliable and efficient transmission by leveraging MIMO diversity gains.展开更多
This paper addresses the gas path component and sensor fault diagnosis and isolation(FDI) for the auxiliary power unit(APU). A nonlinear dynamic model and a distributed state estimator are combined for the distributed...This paper addresses the gas path component and sensor fault diagnosis and isolation(FDI) for the auxiliary power unit(APU). A nonlinear dynamic model and a distributed state estimator are combined for the distributed control system. The distributed extended Kalman filter(DEKF)is served as a state estimator,which is utilized to estimate the gas path components’ flow capacity. The DEKF includes one main filter and five sub-filter groups related to five sensors of APU and each sub-filter yields local state flow capacity. The main filter collects and fuses the local state information,and then the state estimations are feedback to the sub-filters. The packet loss model is introduced in the DEKF algorithm in the APU distributed control architecture. FDI strategy with a performance index named weight sum of squared residuals(WSSR) is designed and used to identify the APU sensor fault by removing one sub-filter each time. The very sensor fault occurs as its performance index WSSR is different from the remaining sub-filter combinations. And the estimated value of the soft redundancy replaces the fault sensor measurement to isolate the fault measurement. It is worth noting that the proposed approach serves for not only the sensor failure but also the hybrid fault issue of APU gas path components and sensors. The simulation and comparison are systematically carried out by using the APU test data,and the superiority of the proposed methodology is verified.展开更多
This study proposes a real time 3D virtual model controll and a virtual dressing room application to enable users to try virtual garments and shoes on in front of a virtual mirror. A virtual representation of the user...This study proposes a real time 3D virtual model controll and a virtual dressing room application to enable users to try virtual garments and shoes on in front of a virtual mirror. A virtual representation of the user appears in a virtual changing room and the user's hand motions select the clothes from a list on the screen. Afterwards, the selected virtual clothes appear on a humanoid model in the virtual mirror. For the purpose of aligning the 3D garments and shoes with the model, 3D locations of the joints are used for positioning, scaling and rotating. By using our developed algorithm, small, medium, large or xlarge garment size is selected automatically and this information is shown on the screen. Then, we apply skin color detection to handle the unwanted occlusions between the user and the model. To create a more realistic effect, the system takes into account different images of the clothes according to different human poses and movements. Optional mirror selection buttons make it possible to have multiple viewing angles on the model. Additionally, we developed an algorithm for matching up all motions between the model and garments. In this study, we benefit from the Microsoft Kinect SDK (software development kit) in order to follow the user's movements, coordinate the suitable clothe try-ons and provide depth sort effect to the human body and clothes. In order to use the rapid calculation attributes of game engines, we used unity 3D game engine.展开更多
Operator-valued frames are natural generalization of frames that have been used in many applied areas such as quantum computing, packets encoding and sensor networks. We focus on developing the theory about operator-v...Operator-valued frames are natural generalization of frames that have been used in many applied areas such as quantum computing, packets encoding and sensor networks. We focus on developing the theory about operator-valued frame generators for projective unitary representations of finite or countable groups which can be viewed as the theory of quantum channels with group structures. We present new results for operator-valued frames concerning (general and structured) dilation property, orthogonal frames, frame representation and dual frames. Our results are complementary to some of the recent work of Kaftal, Larson and Zhang, and in some cases our treatment is more elementary and transparent.展开更多
文摘Piaggio为摩托车安全开发新的传感器技术2021年8月5日,总部位于波士顿的机器人公司Piaggio Fast Forward(PFF)开发了新的传感器模块,不仅用于消费和商业机器人,也可用于小型踏板车和摩托车。该模块可在所有环境和照明条件下提供强大的监测。PFF为Piaggio集团摩托车高级骑手辅助系统(ARAS)的大规模生产开发制造和供应完整的传感器包。
基金Project(2010-0020163) supported by Inha University Research and by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) Funded by the Ministry of Education, Korea
文摘A wireless body area network (WBAN) allows integration of low power, invasive or noninvasive miniaturized sensors around a human body. WBAN is expected to become a basic infrastructure element for human health monitoring. The Task Group 6 of IEEE 802.15 is formed to address specific needs of body area network. It defines a medium access control layer that supports various physical layers. In this work, we analyze the efficiency of simple slotted ALOHA scheme, and then propose a novel allocation scheme that controls the random access period and packet transmission probability to optimize channel efficiency. NS-2 simulations have been carried out to evaluate its performance. The simulation results demonstrate significant performance improvement in latency and throughput using the proposed MAC algorithm.
文摘The aim was to experimentally evaluate the antioxidant capacity of different types of bread and of the relative flour used for bread production utilizing a superoxide dismutase (SOD) biosensor recently developed by the present authors. Measurements were carried out by comparing the biosensor response to the concentration of superoxide radical produced in solution using a xanthine/xanthine oxidase system in the presence and in the absence of the antioxidant sample considered, respectively. Precision of antioxidant capacity measures for crust and crumb of the different breads was found to be good (RS D% ≤ 8%) and acceptable for the watery suspension and filtrate of the different flours studied (RSD% ≤ 12%). The obtained results indicated that general flours show higher antioxidant capacity values than the corresponding breads and that crusts show always an antioxidant capacity definitely larger than the crumb. Lastly, the antioxidant capacity values were compared with those of almond, red pepper and strawberry, three foods containing powerful natural antioxidants.
文摘The principle of miniature isolated solid-state encapsulation technology of high-temperature pressure sensor and the structure of packaging are discussed, including static electricity bonding, stainless steel diaphragm selection and rippled design, laser welding, silicon oil infilling, isolation and other techniques used in sensor packaging, which can affect the performance of the sensor. By adopting stainless steel diaphragm and high-temperature silicon oil as isolation materials, not only the encapsulation of the sensor is as small as 15 mm in diameter and under 1 mA drive, its full range output is 72 mV and zero stability is 0.48% F.S/mon, but also the reliability of the sensor is improved and its application is widely broadened.
文摘Wireless sensor network (WSN) requires robust and efficient communication protocols to minimise delay and save energy. The lifetime of WSN can be maximised by selecting proper medium access control (MAC) scheme depending on the contention level of the network. The throughput of WSN however reduces due to channel fading effects even with the proper design of MAC protocol. Hence this paper proposes a new MAC scheme for enabling packet transmission using cooperative multi-input multi-output (MIMO) utilising space time codes(STC) such as space time block code (STBC), space time trellis code (STTC) to achieve higher energy savings and lower delay by allowing nodes to transmit and receive information jointly. The performance of the proposed MAC protocol is evaluated in terms of transmission error probability, energy consumption and delay. Simulation results show that the proposed cooperative MIMO MAC protocol provides reliable and efficient transmission by leveraging MIMO diversity gains.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.91960110)the National Science and Technology Major Project(No. 2017-I0006-0007)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(NP2022418)。
文摘This paper addresses the gas path component and sensor fault diagnosis and isolation(FDI) for the auxiliary power unit(APU). A nonlinear dynamic model and a distributed state estimator are combined for the distributed control system. The distributed extended Kalman filter(DEKF)is served as a state estimator,which is utilized to estimate the gas path components’ flow capacity. The DEKF includes one main filter and five sub-filter groups related to five sensors of APU and each sub-filter yields local state flow capacity. The main filter collects and fuses the local state information,and then the state estimations are feedback to the sub-filters. The packet loss model is introduced in the DEKF algorithm in the APU distributed control architecture. FDI strategy with a performance index named weight sum of squared residuals(WSSR) is designed and used to identify the APU sensor fault by removing one sub-filter each time. The very sensor fault occurs as its performance index WSSR is different from the remaining sub-filter combinations. And the estimated value of the soft redundancy replaces the fault sensor measurement to isolate the fault measurement. It is worth noting that the proposed approach serves for not only the sensor failure but also the hybrid fault issue of APU gas path components and sensors. The simulation and comparison are systematically carried out by using the APU test data,and the superiority of the proposed methodology is verified.
文摘This study proposes a real time 3D virtual model controll and a virtual dressing room application to enable users to try virtual garments and shoes on in front of a virtual mirror. A virtual representation of the user appears in a virtual changing room and the user's hand motions select the clothes from a list on the screen. Afterwards, the selected virtual clothes appear on a humanoid model in the virtual mirror. For the purpose of aligning the 3D garments and shoes with the model, 3D locations of the joints are used for positioning, scaling and rotating. By using our developed algorithm, small, medium, large or xlarge garment size is selected automatically and this information is shown on the screen. Then, we apply skin color detection to handle the unwanted occlusions between the user and the model. To create a more realistic effect, the system takes into account different images of the clothes according to different human poses and movements. Optional mirror selection buttons make it possible to have multiple viewing angles on the model. Additionally, we developed an algorithm for matching up all motions between the model and garments. In this study, we benefit from the Microsoft Kinect SDK (software development kit) in order to follow the user's movements, coordinate the suitable clothe try-ons and provide depth sort effect to the human body and clothes. In order to use the rapid calculation attributes of game engines, we used unity 3D game engine.
基金supported by Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (Grant No. R-146-000-136-112)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10771101)US National Science Foundation (Grant No. DMS-1106934)
文摘Operator-valued frames are natural generalization of frames that have been used in many applied areas such as quantum computing, packets encoding and sensor networks. We focus on developing the theory about operator-valued frame generators for projective unitary representations of finite or countable groups which can be viewed as the theory of quantum channels with group structures. We present new results for operator-valued frames concerning (general and structured) dilation property, orthogonal frames, frame representation and dual frames. Our results are complementary to some of the recent work of Kaftal, Larson and Zhang, and in some cases our treatment is more elementary and transparent.