{"title":"Vision Based Crop Row Detection for Low Cost UAV Imagery in Organic Agriculture","authors":"V. Czymmek, Riko Schramm, S. Hussmann","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9128695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9128695","url":null,"abstract":"Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and autonomous smart farming robots are a great solution to reduce the use of chemical or synthetic pesticides. One of the critical aspects of these systems are the requirement to follow the crop rows without damaging the plants or the dam. In this paper, a system was developed which enables a semi-autonomous flight by means of crop row detection in organic agriculture. The system consists of a Raspberry Pi microcontroller with a camera and uses a number of image processing methods to detect plant rows. The evaluation of images of different crop row fields and of crop row models showed that all different plant rows were reliably detected. A runtime evaluation showed that the computing power of the microcontroller for the application is limited. Optimizations such as reducing the image size and adapting calculation-intensive methods resulted in a frame rate of 8 to 12 FPS. This processing time is sufficient for a slow UAV flight.","PeriodicalId":227967,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125331440","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}
Zhibin Zhao, Shibin Wang, D. Wong, Yanjie Guo, Xuefeng Chen
{"title":"The sparse and low-rank interpretation of SVD-based denoising for vibration signals","authors":"Zhibin Zhao, Shibin Wang, D. Wong, Yanjie Guo, Xuefeng Chen","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129272","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129272","url":null,"abstract":"Vibration signal denoising is one of the most important steps in condition monitoring and fault diagnosis, and SVD-based methods are a vital part of advanced signal denoising due to their non-parametric and simple properties. The relation-ships between SVD-based denoising and other advanced signal processing methods are very significant and can help speed up the development of SVD-based denoising methods. There is limited prior work into the sparse and low-rank meaning of SVD-based denoising. In this paper, we build the relationships among SVD-based denoising, sparse l0-norm minimization, sparse weighted l1-norm minimization, and weighted low-rank models, when the dictionary is designed by left and right singular matrices in sparse minimization. Using the derived conclusion, we establish weighted soft singular value decomposition (WSSVD) for vibration signal denoising. Finally, we perform one experimental study to verify the effectiveness of WSSVD considering impulse interference and amplitude fidelity.","PeriodicalId":227967,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125349930","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}
C. Schuss, T. Fabritius, B. Eichberger, T. Rahkonen
{"title":"Energy-efficient Routing of Electric Vehicles with Integrated Photovoltaic Installations","authors":"C. Schuss, T. Fabritius, B. Eichberger, T. Rahkonen","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129290","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the potential output power of photovoltaic (PV) installations on top of battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). By choosing different routes within urban areas, we expect different output power levels from the vehicle’s PV installation. Hence, we calculate energy profiles to estimate the PV energy which can be gained during driving conditions to choose the most energy-efficient route for BEVs and HEVs. While driving duration, driving distance and traffic conditions are some of the criteria within the decision-making process of routing algorithms, in this paper, we focus on energy-efficiency of routing algorithms. We present experimental data to highlight the importance of energy profiles for improving and maximising of the electrical driving distance of BEVs and HEVs.","PeriodicalId":227967,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125594445","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":"Phase detection of the NIR optical resonances of rectangular glass micro-capillaries","authors":"V. Bello, S. Merlo","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129630","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we propose a spectral interferometric technique for detecting the wavelength position of the resonances of low-cost optical resonators, consisting in rectangular glass micro-capillaries. A detailed theoretical model was developed to calculate the spectral reflectivity of the micro-devices when they are placed at the end of the measuring arm of a Michelson scheme. Using the readout radiation provided by a broadband light source with a flat emission spectrum centered at 1.55 µm and a 2x1 fiberoptic coupler on the common input-output optical path, experimental results were found in good agreement with the expected theoretical behavior. The optical resonances, corresponding to reflectivity minima, of these simple optical resonators are clearly detected by monitoring the positions of steep phase jumps on the interferometric signal recorded as a function of the wavelength.","PeriodicalId":227967,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114935104","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":"0-3 Barium Titanate-PDMS Flexible Film for Tactile Sensing","authors":"Kiran Kumar Sappati, S. Bhadra","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9128512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9128512","url":null,"abstract":"Lead free BaTiO3-PDMS piezoelectric composite thin films are fabricated with simple process. Composite films are prepared by dispersing 20, 30, 40, and 50 wt% of BaTiO3 in cross-linked PDMS matrix. Corona poling of the films is performed to improve the piezoelectric properties of the films. Piezoelectric properties of the films are studied by measuring the charge developed across the thickness of the film under a compressive force. A 50 wt% poled BaTiO3-PDMS film has shown a piezoelectric charge constant of 178 pC/N and achieves a dielectric constant of 4.59. Tensile tests indicate that these films are very soft and flexible with low Young’s modulus. A 50 wt % poled BaTiO3-PDMS film film has shown a Young’s modulus 3.92 Mpa. The film generates charge across the film proportional to the finger pressure applied on them. Thus it demonstrates effectiveness for tactile sensing. As a tactile sensor a 50 wt% poled film shows a sensitivity of 38.34 kPa−1. High charge response for tiny forces makes the composite a good candidate for tactile sensing applications such as robotic skin and touch pads.","PeriodicalId":227967,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)","volume":"134 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116537368","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}
Jianming Lin, Yonggang Wang, Zelong Zhao, Cong Hui, Z. Song
{"title":"A New Method of True Random Number Generation based on Galois Ring Oscillator with Event Sampling Architecture in FPGA","authors":"Jianming Lin, Yonggang Wang, Zelong Zhao, Cong Hui, Z. Song","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129357","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a new entropy extraction mechanism from clock jitter for the implementation of a true random number generator (TRNG) in a field programmable gate array (FPGA). Different with conventional clock sampling architecture, where a jittery signal is sampled by a regular clock signal, we use the jittery clock signal generated by Galois ring oscillator (GARO) to sample the regular clocks that are generated by normal phase locking loop (PLL) of FPGA. This sampling architecture is hereafter called as event sampling architecture. To guarantee every sampled bit has maximum entropy value, the regular clock signal is routed into a tapped delay line (TDL) forming a multi-phase clock signal before it is sampled for exclusive OR (XOR) operation. A prototype of such a TRNG is implemented in a Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA. The generation rate, the randomness of the bit sequence, as well as its robustness to ambient temperature are evaluated in detail. Comparing with the similar TRNG implementation but using the clock sampling architecture, the proposed TRNG can increase the generation bit rate by 1.33 times, while the logic resource consumption is greatly reduced (saving 33% of the look up tables and 81% of the flip-flops). A comparison with various prior TRNG designs in terms of category, logic resource usage, and generation rate demonstrate that the proposed method has the advantage of high rate of generation rate to logic resources. Therefore, it is more suitable for the generation of high-speed true random numbers, which is especially important for applications in current high-speed quantum key distribution systems.","PeriodicalId":227967,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)","volume":"BME-22 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114125297","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}
Zhijie Zhang, Ning Han, W. Yin, Mingquan Wang, Xiaojian Hao, Lifan Meng
{"title":"Underground metal target detection method based on rectangular planar coil and EM instrument","authors":"Zhijie Zhang, Ning Han, W. Yin, Mingquan Wang, Xiaojian Hao, Lifan Meng","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9128590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9128590","url":null,"abstract":"The use of simple devices to detect underground metal targets, and seeking to improve the detection depth is a hot issue in recent years. In this paper, the finite element model is established to simulate and analyze the response characteristics of underground metal targets under the excitation of planar coils. Based on the custom designed electromagnetic instrument(EM instrument), we compared the detection effects of different coil configurations, and a new rectangular planar coil sensor with orthogonal configuration is designed for detecting underground metal targets. The sensor is capable of detecting unexploded ordnance that are 40cm long and 1.5m deep underground, and can eliminate the effects of small metal debris.","PeriodicalId":227967,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114255175","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. Karaböce, Alev Mutlu, Emel Çetin, Mithat Özdingis, H. Durmuş
{"title":"Ultrasonic Power Calculation by Linear Regression Method","authors":"B. Karaböce, Alev Mutlu, Emel Çetin, Mithat Özdingis, H. Durmuş","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129334","url":null,"abstract":"The power that ultrasonic imaging devices apply to the body is adjusted from the interface. it is necessary to verify that the ultrasonic power adjusted from the interface of the device during application is within the safe power range. It is important to verify these devices, which are located in different units in hospitals, without taking a long time because of daily excessive workload. For this purpose, it has been aimed to realize the power verification without causing excessive workload with the ultrasonic power meter device and software developed in our laboratory.The developed device produces a voltage value corresponding to the radiation force generated by the reference masses. Ultrasonic power value is calculated using this voltage value. In order to shorten the verification process, after the verification of certain points instead of the entire measurement region, a curve equation is found with the linear regression method. Ultrasonic power values other than points corresponding to reference masses are verified using this equation. While obtaining the equation, the standard deviation values are calculated according to the results of the measurements and the upper and lower limits are determined in the 2-sigma range by using 2 times the standard deviation. For power measurements made after the equation is obtained, measurement values outside these limits are not included in the calculation. In other words, the reliability of the measurement results is 95%. In the ultrasonic power calculation method presented in this article, it is concluded that the power values obtained by the linear regression method with the reference mass values and the ultrasonic power meter and software accurately estimate the measurement within 5% error limits.","PeriodicalId":227967,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)","volume":"209 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114423406","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":"Practical EVM Optimization of 802.11ac Wi-Fi Transmitters via Load-Pull Measurements","authors":"Wei Gao, Tao Jing","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129353","url":null,"abstract":"A practical approach to optimizing the error vector magnitude (EVM) performance of RF transmitters in RF transceivers is presented based on the load-pull measurement. The optimization of EVM performance at the output of the transmitter on an evaluation board (EVB) under small- and large-signal operating conditions is achieved upon the output matching load impedance. Optimization of the S11-parameter of the load-pull is determined based on the minimum EVM while generating the output power as large as possible. Then, an optimal matching circuit consisting of LC components at the output of the transmitter is designed and tuned through the National Instrument (NI) AWR design software to achieve the same S11 parameter as the measured S11. Such LC parameters are then applied to the output matching circuit of the 5-GHz Wi-Fi transmitter and the measured EVM with the optimal impedance is better than that with a 50 Ohm impedance.","PeriodicalId":227967,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)","volume":"742 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116998226","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. Ferrari, E. Sisinni, A. Depari, A. Flammini, S. Rinaldi, P. Bellagente, M. Pasetti
{"title":"Evaluation of the impact of Cloud Database services on Industrial IoT Applications","authors":"P. Ferrari, E. Sisinni, A. Depari, A. Flammini, S. Rinaldi, P. Bellagente, M. Pasetti","doi":"10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129080","url":null,"abstract":"The Internet of Things applied to Industry (IIoT) is one of the pillars of Industry 4.0. The connection to Internet of all the industrial devices, and the storage (sharing) of enormous amount of data inside Cloud database, enable the development of analysis algorithms for the delivery of new \"high value\" services. However, the industrial market may require response with short predictable latency (real-time response) even for supervision and optimization functions. Often today, the estimation of the latency of new services is not taken into account. For all these reasons, this work introduces an experimental measurement procedure for investigating the impact of Cloud database services on the communication delay from the production line to the Cloud and the way back (feedback). In this paper, a use case demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed test methodology. In details, the considered use case is a predictive maintenance system with Siemens S7 industrial automation controller sending data to a Cloudant database inside the IBM Bluemix platform. The use case results show that the IIoT solutions based on Cloud database services can be easily evaluated, compared (and optimized) thanks to the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":227967,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128402310","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}