{"title":"Wireless obstacle detection system for the elderly and visually impaired people","authors":"B. Mustapha, A. Zayegh, R. Begg","doi":"10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717949","url":null,"abstract":"Assistive technology is an emerging research area, where adaptable devices can be developed to help older people to achieve independence in their daily activities. This paper presents the design and development of a wearable wireless obstacle detection system suitable for the elderly and visually impaired people. The proposed system is capable of detecting obstacles located up to 1.5 meter from the user and gives appropriate warning to the user with three different levels of tones. Experimental results indicate more than 95% accuracy for detecting obstacles, which are in front of the user. The surface color of obstacles does not affect the detecting ability of ultrasonic sensor, but it's slightly affecting the capability detection for infrared sensor. The results show that the difference between measured value and actual value for the colors of an obstacle at every distance is very small. The proposed system has a great potential for future applications requiring obstacle detections while navigating in the environment.","PeriodicalId":182424,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115509918","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":"Development of virtual pH analyzer","authors":"Zakarya Ameen Mohammed Almaqtari, Z. Janin","doi":"10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717976","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the development of the virtual pH analyzer that can be used for continuous process applications. The development of virtual pH analyzer is divided into two parts: virtual pH measurement and virtual pH control system. The G-programming language potentialities of LabVIEWTM version 2011 running on a Dell Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz, 3GB RAM computer with Windows 7 Ultimate operating system was utilized for data acquisition and control. The pH measurement phase consists of two components namely data acquisition and data display whereas the pH control system phase comprises of data processing and control signal generation components. The front panel has been designed to mimic the actual pH analyzer and the ON/OFF control strategy is applied for pH control system. The accuracy of the developed virtual pH analyzer is tested by comparing the reading from the conventional instrument. The results had shown the improvement in term of the accuracy and flexibility as compared to the conventional pH instruments.","PeriodicalId":182424,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA)","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121010086","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":"State of charge estimation of a Lithium-ion battery for electric vehicle based on particle swarm optimization","authors":"N. Ismail, S. Toha","doi":"10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717978","url":null,"abstract":"Lithium-ion battery plays important roles in electric drive vehicles. It has several advantages among other battery technologies such as high energy density and specific energy. The primary concerns of Lithium-ion batteries are to maintain optimum battery performance and extend the battery's life. An accurate state of charge (SOC) estimation can improve the performance of Lithium-ion battery. In this paper, a method for SOC estimation for LiFePO4 using the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is presented. The results indicate the SOC estimation using PSO optimized algorithm has good performance. The simulation result has also been validated and complies within specific confidence level.","PeriodicalId":182424,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115216706","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}
M. S. M. Taufik, A. Nordin, Sheroz Khan, Ahmad Anwar Zainuddin
{"title":"Design of Two-Stage CMOS amplifier for quartz crystal resonator","authors":"M. S. M. Taufik, A. Nordin, Sheroz Khan, Ahmad Anwar Zainuddin","doi":"10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717964","url":null,"abstract":"Quartz crystal oscillators is widely used in many types of electronics equipment for our daily life applications such as mobile communication, military, industrial measurement, an others due to its high stability clock sources. In this paper, a Two-Stage CMOS op-amp for a quartz crystal-based oscillator is presented. The design of two-stage CMOS op amp is critically discussed. Two-stage CMOS op amp is consist of two stages. Each stage can be designed with various amplifier topologies. The first stage is differential amplifier. The second stage of two-stage op amp is a common-source amplifier. The op amp achieves a gain of 6.134 dB at VDD of 3.3 V and VSS of -3.3 V. The two-stage CMOS op amp is combined with 10 MHz quartz crystal resonator to create an oscillator at the frequency of ~10MHz. The gain of 13.32dB is achieved. This oscillator is simulated using Cadence in MIMOS 0.35 um CMOS process.","PeriodicalId":182424,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128995688","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}
Md Noman Habib Khan, Sheroz Khan, T. Gunawan, Z. Shahid
{"title":"Wave shaping with reduced leakage current in transformer-less inverter","authors":"Md Noman Habib Khan, Sheroz Khan, T. Gunawan, Z. Shahid","doi":"10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717970","url":null,"abstract":"Converting DC into a good sinusoidal has been done in order for getting a solar panel (DC source) tied up to an AC (grid) for onward supply to load centers. Basically such conversion is a wave-shaping technique needing the use of low-pass filters. In contrast, it is quite difficult to get sinusoidal by using other filters such as high pass filters (HPF), band pass filters (BPF) and band stop filters (BPF). On the other hand, passive filters are shown to produce better harmonic-less results compared to using active filters. The issue of leakage current quite common in transformer less configuration is actually reason of escalating the cost and effect to get pure sine wave as well. In this paper, different filter configurations are tried to show how characteristic wave shapes are obtained from a square wave form. The shapes are characterized in terms of zero crossing, amplitude measurement and other criteria including the sine wave form that might be followed by low pass filters (LPF). The results are aimed at minimizing common mode leakage by getting ideally sinusoidal wave shape from Photovoltaic (PV) panel.","PeriodicalId":182424,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116221629","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":"PID-Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) control for Electric Power Assist Steering system for electric vehicle","authors":"R. A. Hanifah, S. Toha, S. Ahmad","doi":"10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717979","url":null,"abstract":"Electric Power Assist Steering (EPAS) system offers a significant potential in enhancing the driving performance of a vehicle where the energy conserving issue is important. In this paper, Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm is implemented as tuning mechanism for PID controller. The aim of this hybrid controller is to minimize energy consumption of the EPAS system in Electric Vehicle (EV) by minimizing the assist current supplied to the assist motor. The ACO algorithm searching technique is applied to search for the best gain parameters of the PID controller. The fast tuning feature of ACO algorithm is the factor that distinguish this hybrid method as compared to conventional trial and error method PID controller tuning. Simulation results shows the performance and effectiveness of using ACO algorithm for PID tuning.","PeriodicalId":182424,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124508206","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}
Ummi Masyitah Mohd Fisol, Z. M. Ripin, N. A. Ismail, A. A. Saad, M. K. R. Hashim, Ping Yi Chan, Huoy Thyng Yow, C. Tan, Ung Ho Hii, Teik Seng Saw
{"title":"Wind noise analysis of a two-way radio","authors":"Ummi Masyitah Mohd Fisol, Z. M. Ripin, N. A. Ismail, A. A. Saad, M. K. R. Hashim, Ping Yi Chan, Huoy Thyng Yow, C. Tan, Ung Ho Hii, Teik Seng Saw","doi":"10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717945","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the wind induced noise measurement of a two-way radio inside a wind tunnel by measuring the sound pressure level transmitted to a receiver unit placed inside the anechoic chamber. Anechoic chamber was used to isolate receiver from other outside noise. The transmitted wind noise was delivered by the receiver unit speaker and measured using the microphone which measures the sound pressure level and it was analyzed using the LMS Test Xpress software. The effect of wind flow direction, wind speed (2-6 m/s) and angle of attack (0-45 degrees) were presented. The results show that the increased of the flow speed brought about an increase of the wind noise for both direction of wind flow with more dominant effect for the left-to-right flow. There is a critical angle of attack of the wind which generated significant noise for the left-to right flow where the highest wind noise level is produced.","PeriodicalId":182424,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA)","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114428296","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":"Photoplethsymography for non-invasive diagnostics","authors":"V. Kumar, V. Blazek","doi":"10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717909","url":null,"abstract":"Photo-plethysmo-graphy (PPG) is a noninvasive method of obtaining a signal proportional to blood volume changes using light. From the initial trials seven decades back, the PPG technique has grown leaps and bounds and today its application has become indispensible not only during surgical procedures but also in patient monitoring in critical care environment. This paper traces the path of advancement of this technique and highlights the research outcomes of an \"Indo German\" collaborative research between Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India and Technical University (RWTH) Aachen, Germany funded by ministry of science (BMBF), Germany, Research projects funded by Department of Science and Technology and Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.","PeriodicalId":182424,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA)","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124468947","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":"A novel design of Unknown Input Observer for fault diagnosis in the Tennessee-Eastman process system to Solve non-minimum phase problem","authors":"A. Termehchy, A. Afshar, M. Javidsharifi","doi":"10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717948","url":null,"abstract":"Fault diagnosis has become crucial subject due to the rising demands for reliability on the one side and higher system performance and product quality on the other side. There are various approaches for the goal of fault detection & isolation between which we focus on the unknown input observer since the observer-based schemes have been successfully adopted in a variety of application fields. This paper presents a novel design of Unknown Input Observer (UIO) for actuator fault detection and isolation in Tennessee-Eastman process control system (TE-PCS) to solve non-minimum phase problem. Unlike many previous UIO methods developed in the literature, the proposed scheme can carry out real-time reconstruction of unknown input in the presence of unstable invariant zero (with respect to the relation between the output and the unknown input). We extend the system by augmenting low pass filter in the inputs-outputs path to tackle the non-minimum phase problem and generate robust residuals. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design method.","PeriodicalId":182424,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA)","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130221803","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":"Mass detection using a macro-scale piezoelectric bimorph cantilever","authors":"A. Rabih, J. Dennis, M. Khir, M. A. Abdullah","doi":"10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSIMA.2013.6717954","url":null,"abstract":"Piezoelectric cantilevers have found a wide usage in sensor technologies for mass sensing and energy harvesting. This paper reports theoretical calculations, Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation and experimental measurements of mass detection using piezoelectric bimorph cantilever (PZT-5H) in macro (mm) scale. The dimensions of the cantilever are 33mm, 10mm, and 0.5mm for length, width, and thickness, respectively. The cantilever has 1.325g static mass with resonance frequency of 240.036 Hz, mass sensitivity of 377 Hz/g and quality factor of 390. The calculated resonance frequency of the device was 1% and 5% higher than the measured and the simulated frequencies, respectively. Air damping is believed to be the reason for lowering values of the simulated and measured resonance frequencies. In addition the extra masses due to the material coating the piezoelectric layer of the cantilever also play a role. Attachment of 8.96mg mass on the tip of the cantilever found to induce ~4 Hz frequency shift. Due to the reasonable mass sensitivity of the cantilever, it could be used for mass sensing applications.","PeriodicalId":182424,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA)","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125467150","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}