{"title":"An information theoretic metric for identifying optimum solution for normalized cross correlation based similarity measures","authors":"M. I. Vakil, J. A. Malas, D. Megherbi","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443055","url":null,"abstract":"Similarity measures such as normalized cross correlation (NCC) are widely employed for applications such as pattern recognition and/or template matching which are commonly used in image registration. This approach, however, is not immune to noise variations present in the images especially in case where multiple bands of interest are dominated by both system and external noise present in the sensor's field of view. Thus noise can influence the calculation of correlation coefficients and produce erroneous results during template matching. This work proposes a metric which identifies the best NCC coefficient value or values in case of a spectral data cube, for optimized application of similarity measures for template matching.","PeriodicalId":133804,"journal":{"name":"2015 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON)","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124493904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tanu, M. Rizkalla, J. Ryu, Vinay Kumar Suryadevara, Jacquelyn Tschudy
{"title":"Interfacing nanoparticles to CMOS quad instrumentation amplifiers for gas sensing devices","authors":"Tanu, M. Rizkalla, J. Ryu, Vinay Kumar Suryadevara, Jacquelyn Tschudy","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443074","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we demonstrated a novel approach of a low noise performance gas sensory system, which is capable of minimizing the cross talk between four instrumentation amplifiers. These amplifiers will receive gas sensing information from four different nanoparticle assemblies using monolayer Graphene sheets. The cross talk was minimized by using guard rings surrounding the amplifiers. Guard rings serve as dummy collectors for the minority carriers crossing the parasitic BJT devices within the quad instrumentation amplifier System on chip (SOC). This study aims determination of the gas sensing signature array (GSSA), including the type of gas, its concentration, and dynamic performance (rise and fall times). The developed devices were based on the detection of the change in the graphene electrical characteristics when exposed to various gases. The paper presents the first phase of a long-term project, detailing hardware and circuit simulation software design, and its practical implementation, leading to the optimum gas sensing system resulting from the GSSA data. The practical model was based on monolayer graphene films deposited using CVD process on top of SiO2 layers of silicon substrate wafers. Gold electrodes were deposited with sputtering process. The device was then tested with CO2 gas with 100% and 5% concentrations to estimate its sensitivity. As high as 48% change in resistance was detected from 100% CO2 concentration, and near 4% change in response to 5% CO2 concentration, a level of change that can be easily monitored by the quad CMOS instrumentation chip. A gain of 83dB for the instrumentation amplifier was calculated from the circuit simulation. The Quad instrumentation amplifiers were developed using MOSIS service and showed as low attenuation as 90dB.","PeriodicalId":133804,"journal":{"name":"2015 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON)","volume":"184 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116144625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Motivations to develop performance prediction for adaptive radar","authors":"Aaron M. Jones, B. Rigling, M. Rangaswamy","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443067","url":null,"abstract":"Performance prediction, or the capability to forecast system behavior, is a widespread technique used to advance the comprehension of how systems, and systems of systems, will react under certain circumstances and assumptions. In this paper, we discuss the motivating factors for development of performance prediction (2P) for radar. In the case of adaptive radar, the optimal unconstrained transmit waveform (for detection) is easily computed. However, it is generally not suitable for practical use. Therefore, we apply constraints on the waveform design and are forced to sacrifice signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio (SINR) to meet the constraints, i.e., there is no free lunch. Understanding the consequences of applying constraints in arbitrary waveform design can benefit the decision making process of an adaptive system by providing insight into selection of the transmit signal. We develop a use-case for 2P and give examples of successful 2P models. We discuss the trade-space between optimality and speed in the waveform design process. Lastly, we mention several current areas of promising research, selected results and comment on future needs to realize effective 2P for radar.","PeriodicalId":133804,"journal":{"name":"2015 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126703450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using an A-priori learnt motion model with particle filters for tracking a moving person by a linear infrared array network","authors":"Ankita Sikdar, Yuan F. Zheng, D. Xuan","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443042","url":null,"abstract":"An infrared sensor has been primarily used as a proximity sensor, its use being mostly limited because of imprecise measurements attributing to the non-linearity of the device as well as its dependence on the reflectivity of the surrounding objects. However, one cannot overlook the fact that these sensors are quite low-cost, can be easily mounted on small robotic systems and are computationally very efficient. In this paper, we try to use an infrared sensor array network to detect a person in its environment and also track the person. A traditional particle filter algorithm using a given motion model poses challenges for tracking a person using infrared sensors, primarily because the motion model might fail to keep up with complex dynamic changes in motion directions coupled with the fact that in the presence of noisy readings or missed detections from the infrared sensor data, small errors in position estimation could add up over time making the particle filter completely lose track of the person. In this paper, instead of using a fixed motion model, we propose to learn a motion model statistically from the initial target motion data and subsequently use this model with the particle filtering approach in order to track the person. In addition, the learnt motion model is regularly updated so as to support the particle filtering approach in establishing a more accurate track of the person.","PeriodicalId":133804,"journal":{"name":"2015 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128892084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Ewing, J. Cetnar, B. Jogai, C. Devlin, A. Ferendeci
{"title":"Frequency adaptable maser source","authors":"R. Ewing, J. Cetnar, B. Jogai, C. Devlin, A. Ferendeci","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443052","url":null,"abstract":"In devices such as magnetrons, gyrotrons, etc., a magnetic field is used to alter the velocity. However, there are other mechanisms for RF emission. An electron beam grazing a surface waveguide, traveling through a diffraction grating, or a dispersive medium can also emit radiation via the Cherenkov and Smith-Purcell mechanisms. An added flexibility is that the emission frequency can be controlled by the geometry grating or the material properties of the dispersive medium. A novel adaptable RF Maser source using the Smith-Purcell effect that is tunable up to 10 GHz has been designed. A detailed simulation of the performance was done using the open source software package, MEEP from MIT/LL, incorporating an axially slotted rectangular waveguide.","PeriodicalId":133804,"journal":{"name":"2015 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON)","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132046801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information theoretic approach for template matching in registration of partially overlapped aerial imagery","authors":"M. I. Vakil, J. A. Malas, D. Megherbi","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443057","url":null,"abstract":"Image registration is used in computer vision, medical imaging and remote sensing providing the ability to perform 3-D Reconstruction, Autonomous Navigation and Target Detection and Recognition Systems. Two of the more commonly used intensity based similarity measures in template matching for image registration are normalized cross correlation and mutual information. This works presents a novel information theoretic technique as a similarity measure for registration of partially overlapped aerial imagery. Furthermore, system level noise such as sensor noise, quantization noise, and impulse noise is modelled and injected into both the reference and unregistered images to evaluate the algorithmic performance in determining image orientation as a function of signal to noise ratio (SNR).","PeriodicalId":133804,"journal":{"name":"2015 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130074235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Camouflage circuitry and programmable cells to secure semiconductor designs during manufacturing: Track: Trust in Microelectronics","authors":"Ron Cocchi","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443056","url":null,"abstract":"SypherMedia International Inc. (SMI) utilizes camouflage circuitry to create programmable cells to provide a secure key store embedded in the standard logic area, i.e. not as separate One-Time-Programmable (OTP) or Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) block. Camouflage circuitry and the obfuscated embedded secure key store serve to secure designs during semiconductor manufacturing.","PeriodicalId":133804,"journal":{"name":"2015 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134621820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. A. Shaffer, Andrew M. Kordik, D. Walker, E. Balster, W. Turri
{"title":"A hardware implementation of an orthorectification process","authors":"D. A. Shaffer, Andrew M. Kordik, D. Walker, E. Balster, W. Turri","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443085","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a hardware implementation of an image orthorectification process using the back-projection algorithm. Image orthorectification is integral to effective analysis and exploitation of aerial imagery and is often one of the largest processing bottlenecks. As imaging sensors grow in pixel count and associated target footprint, the image orthorectification process requires an associated increase in compute capability. In order to support size, weight, and power (SWaP) constrained processing environments, such as on-board systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), efficient and scalable solutions must be developed. Moreover, in surveillance applications minimizing latency is paramount. This paper presents an integer-based high performance FPGA implementation of a back-projection algorithm for orthorectification. A 2.4x speedup is achieved over software processing with an associated 15x reduction in total power draw.","PeriodicalId":133804,"journal":{"name":"2015 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121123586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Sidike, Almabrok E. Essa, Fatema A. Albalooshi, V. Asari, V. Santhaseelan
{"title":"Automatic building change detection in wide area surveillance","authors":"P. Sidike, Almabrok E. Essa, Fatema A. Albalooshi, V. Asari, V. Santhaseelan","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443039","url":null,"abstract":"We present an automated mechanism that can detect and characterize the building changes by analyzing airborne or satellite imagery. The proposed framework can be categorized into three stages: building detection, boundary extraction and change identification. To detect the buildings, we utilize local phase and local amplitude from monogenic signal to extract building features for addressing issues of varying illumination. Then a support vector machine with Radial basis kernel is used for classification. In the boundary extraction stage, a level-set function with self-organizing map based segmentation method is used to find the building boundary and compute physical area of the building segments. In the last stage, the change of the detected building is identified by computing the area differences of the same building that captured at different times. The experiments are conducted on a set of real-life aerial imagery to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":133804,"journal":{"name":"2015 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129455979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing, fabricating and testing multi-junction silicon solar cells","authors":"Jimmy J. Lohrman, R. Coutu","doi":"10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.2015.7443050","url":null,"abstract":"Photovoltaic research and technology have grown exponentially in recent years due to the continuing and increasing global demand for energy. However, to be economical for global production and utilization, the efficiency of solar cells must increase without escalating manufacturing costs. Because of the abundance of silicon and vast knowledge obtained from silicon study, exhaustive exploitation of silicon-based solar cell design is vital to meet both criteria. Positive thermal control and improved photon recycling are two methods to increase solar cell efficiency. A recently developed hybrid multi-junction silicon (HMJ-Si) solar cell architecture was designed to positively manage these two factors, as well as the common resulting photonic interference pattern generated from the electrical contact gratings. Because of the integrated air gap between two stacked silicon substrates, this sandwiched-cavity imparted a 1.70C differential temperature. The top and bottom substrates were electrically connected in parallel via a copper o-ring with a thickness of 385μm which was the optimal, calculated air gap distance for photon propagation wavelengths of 800nm-1100nm. The HMJ-Si solar cell was tested using a solar simulator with an air mass 1.5 full spectrum sunlight output and a class II pyranometer with a spectral response of 310nm-2800nm. The HMJ-Si solar cell demonstrated photovoltaic efficiency of 8-10%.","PeriodicalId":133804,"journal":{"name":"2015 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114960702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}