{"title":"Development of an autonomous mobile robot for floor marking","authors":"Z. Abidin, S. Hamid, A. Aziz, A. A. Malek","doi":"10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607327","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607327","url":null,"abstract":"During an exhibition, booths will be allocated for participants. These booths are where their work will be displayed. To construct these booths, organizers measure and mark the exhibition floor manually to determine the correct size of the booths. The purpose of this project is to develop an autonomous mobile robot to automate the process of measuring and marking the exhibition floor space to the correct predetermined size using the help of a video camera overlooking the exhibition floor, i.e. the robot will use machine vision to determine its position and to control its motion in marking the floor according to a predetermined floor plan.","PeriodicalId":194815,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems and Industrial Applications","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127669981","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":"Qscilloscope: A PC-based Real Time Oscilloscope","authors":"Y. Tew, B. Goi","doi":"10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607341","url":null,"abstract":"The scenery of this paper is to design a PC-based Real Time Oscilloscope, called dasiaQscilloscopepsila. Qscilloscope is capable to connect a computer with a small device via universal serial bus (USB) port for voltage signal waveform display and alteration. It detects maximum +20V to minimum -20V with the input frequency range from 0.1Hz - 1 kHz. Furthermore, it interfaces with host PC via the USB port from 9.6k to 115.2k baud rate. Qscilloscope Software Application is constructed by using Visual Basic .Net for user to interface the device with a well designed Graphic User Interface. It consists of several embedded features such as open, save and print waveform. By changing the scaling properties and graphic properties, users are allowed to modify the input signal to a desired output waveform.","PeriodicalId":194815,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems and Industrial Applications","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115552288","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. Balafar, A. Ramli, M. Saripan, R. Mahmud, S. Mashohor, M. Balafar
{"title":"New multi-scale medical image segmentation based on fuzzy c-mean (FCM)","authors":"M. Balafar, A. Ramli, M. Saripan, R. Mahmud, S. Mashohor, M. Balafar","doi":"10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607337","url":null,"abstract":"Image segmentation is a key process in computer vision and image process applications. Accurate segmentation of medical images is very essential in medical applications but it is very difficult job due to noise and in homogeneity that are usual of medical images. In this paper a new method, based on FCM, is proposed to make FCM more robust against noise. Multi-scale images are obtained by smoothing input image in different scales. FCM is applied to multi-scale images from high scale to low scale. First FCM is applied to image with highest scale. Then in each scale, cluster centers of previous scale are used to initialization membership for current scale. Moreover, in FCM, neighborhood attraction is used to more decrease effect of noise in clustering. Experimental result shows effectiveness of new method.","PeriodicalId":194815,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems and Industrial Applications","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126661019","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. Jahari, S. Khairunniza-Bejo, A. Shariff, H. Shafri, H. Ibrahim
{"title":"Change detection using a local similarity measure","authors":"M. Jahari, S. Khairunniza-Bejo, A. Shariff, H. Shafri, H. Ibrahim","doi":"10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607332","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a new method of change detection and identification of forest area is proposed. It is based on local mutual information and image thresholding. In order to identify the forest change area, the image of local mutual information were thresholded using three different threshold value, i.e -0.5, 0 and 0.5. The result is a binary change image. Our result shows that the best threshold value of local mutual information is 0. It has been shown that by using this method, the problem on selecting the threshold value can be solved. This method is simple and suitable to be used to detect the changes area even for the images taken from different modality. For this research, IKONOS image with the resolution of 1.0 m dated 11 March 2002 and SPOT image with the resolution of 2.5 m dated 23 January 2008 in Shah Alam, Selangor have been used.","PeriodicalId":194815,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems and Industrial Applications","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121860589","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":"Investigation on several basic interpolation methods for the use in remote sensing application","authors":"Kian Kee Teoh, Haidi Ibrahim, S. Bejo","doi":"10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607336","url":null,"abstract":"Image from satellite is an example of remote sensing data. However, when the resolution of the available satellite image is too coarse and does not meet the required resolution, a process known as image re-sampling need to be employed, so a higher resolution version of the image could be obtained. Image re-sampling may involve interpolation, which is a process of allocating intensity value into a new generated pixel. Yet, interpolation method usually degrades the image quality. In this paper, five basic interpolation methods have been successfully implemented. These interpolation methods are nearest neighbor interpolation, bilinear interpolation, interpolation with smoothing filter, interpolation with sharpening filter, and interpolation with unsharp masking. The aim of this project is to find interpolation method that is suitable for remote sensing data. The method of our interest is the method that is easy to be implemented, but can preserve the quality of the data in term of sharpness and validness of the information. Based on the results, it is shown that all five interpolation methods tested in this research can produce good quality output when the resolution of input image is high. For low resolution input, only bilinear, smoothing filter and unsharp masking can preserve the quality of the image. However, this is only limited for interpolation with magnification factor less than 5. Bilinear, smoothing filter and unsharp masking are suitable to interpolate remote sensing data if the resolution of the input image is high enough.","PeriodicalId":194815,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems and Industrial Applications","volume":"431 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123415765","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":"Artificial visual system algorithm applied on face recognition and tracking","authors":"Lum Mi-Fern, L. C. Kiong, L. T. Hui","doi":"10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607324","url":null,"abstract":"The development of an artificial visual system consists of several algorithms based on the biological human eye sight, particularly about the retina. It involves algorithms such as log polar transformation, Gaussian filters, Gabor Wavelets, etc. Overall, the system is implemented into recognition and able to perform some tracking abilities.","PeriodicalId":194815,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems and Industrial Applications","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130800147","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}
T. W. Chian, Sim Siang Kok, G. Seet Gim Lee, Ong Kai Wei
{"title":"Gesture based control of mobile robots","authors":"T. W. Chian, Sim Siang Kok, G. Seet Gim Lee, Ong Kai Wei","doi":"10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607328","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents guidelines to achieving robust gesture recognition by utilizing a classification method which constructs classifiers in a cascaded structure. This can be achieved by obtaining a robust cascade for hand detection from the training algorithm proposed. This has been implemented onto a gesture recognition system which was developed for the purpose of gesture based control of mobile robots. An experimental approach was adopted in identifying the dominant training parameters based on observations on the performance of the cascades. Four parameters were suspected to have significance on the training results. It is computationally expensive to evaluate all possible combinations of different levels of the parameters and to perform analysis on the data to justify if the hypothesis made is correct. The Taguchi Method, was used to carry out the analysis. The main insight here is that investigation was carried out without having to carry out the entire set of possible combinations, analysis was performed by carrying out a fraction of the entire set of possible combinations according to a special pattern which is specified by Taguchi Method. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the training data. Results of F Test reveal the correctness of the hypothesis made earlier. Further works can be carried out based on results of this paper to obtain optimal values for the dominant parameters which have been identified and the optimal values can be used as input to the training algorithm to obtain a robust cascade for hand detection.","PeriodicalId":194815,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems and Industrial Applications","volume":"46 1-3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132564477","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}
B.-Y.-Simon Lau, C. Pham-Nguyen, C.-S. Lee, S. Garlatti
{"title":"Semantic web service adaptation model for a pervasive learning scenario","authors":"B.-Y.-Simon Lau, C. Pham-Nguyen, C.-S. Lee, S. Garlatti","doi":"10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607342","url":null,"abstract":"With the proliferation of mobile devices, pervasive learning has become a new wave in technology-enhanced learning (TEL). One of the key problems to solve in this area is to adapt learning content and services according to a learner's needs and wants to different learning contexts at the workplace. We propose using semantic web services as a solution to context -adaptive pervasive learning. Another problem lies in web service search, which may return many services that do not match the requirements and context of a learner. This wastes resources and poses more problems to the formulation of just-in-time learning activities. In this paper, we define a service requirement specification to model a service request and a semantic description metadata schema to sufficiently annotate web service functionalities and behavior. On top of that, we propose an adaptation model to match and adapt relevant web services. The technique and algorithm presented in this paper are aimed at improving the efficiency and accuracy in selecting the right web service for a scenario at the workplace.","PeriodicalId":194815,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems and Industrial Applications","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124996630","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":"Ride through capabilities of load during voltage sag/swell and power interruption with zigzag transformer","authors":"S. A. Hafidz, K. Basu","doi":"10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607346","url":null,"abstract":"Single-phase voltage sag or swell of a 3-phase system due to one phase to ground fault, capacitor switching or any other reason is to be mitigated immediately for satisfactory operation of all the equipments. A 3-phase zigzag-winding transformer connected across a 3-phase load may mitigate the voltage sag or swell at any one phase of the load. The phase subjected to voltage sag or swell is disconnected from the source first, while the two healthy phases remain connected to the source. The zigzag transformer immediately rebuilds the voltage across the load of the open phase and allows the current to flow to the open phase load. Very low value of zero sequence impedance of the zigzag transformer produces very small voltage drop and the open phase voltage nearly equals the normal voltage. Very short interruption of supply takes place in the affected phase during the transfer of supply to the healthy phases. Proper value of capacitor, connected across the DC load, or the DC link capacitor in a converter system for AC load provides the ride through capability of the highly sensitive load during the period of voltage sag/swell or 1-phase power interruption.","PeriodicalId":194815,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems and Industrial Applications","volume":"160 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129283837","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}
K. Choy Chuong Wen, T. Wei, Wong Sau Peng, N. Mohamad
{"title":"Supporting service composition with ontology-based UPnP AV architecture in AV environment","authors":"K. Choy Chuong Wen, T. Wei, Wong Sau Peng, N. Mohamad","doi":"10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CITISIA.2008.4607343","url":null,"abstract":"The current trend in digital home technologies is slowly moving towards creating entertainment experience where users can enjoy any multimedia contents conveniently with minimal manual configuration. Automated service composition is useful in enhancing the entertainment experience through coordination among existing services to fulfill user request. UPnP AV architecture is well adopted for building consumer-oriented AV products with simple installation and configuration setting. However, not all services specified in UPnP AV architecture is useful for automating service composition. Thus, in this paper, we propose a methodology to organize the information advertised by UPnP AV devices and selectively add the information into ontology to support service composition. We focus our research on AV home network environment. With the ontology, complex service composition can be performed easily so that a better entertainment experience can be offered to the users.","PeriodicalId":194815,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems and Industrial Applications","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131743984","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}